Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, of Minto
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge from Minto in the Scottish Borders. He was the oldest son of the judge Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto. From 1763 until his death 3 years later, he was Lord Justice Clerk, the second most senior judge in Scotland.
Elliot studied law at the University of Utrecht and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1715.
He was the Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire from 1722 to 1726 He was also an eager agriculturist, and was one of the members of an Edinburgh "committee of taste for the improvement of the town." He was a keen supporter of the Hanoverian succession, in opposition to Jacobitism.
In June 1726 he was made a judge of the Court of Session, taking the judicial title Lord Minto. He became a Lord of Justiciary in 1733 and in 1761 Keeper of the Signet. In 1763 he was promoted to Lord Justice Clerk.
In 1718 he married Helen Stewart, the daughter of Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Baronet, who had been a member of the pre-union Parliament of Scotland. He was survived by nine children, including:
