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Charles Elliot, also Charles Elliott (Chinese:
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
 ??, 1801 – 9 September, 1875) was a British naval officer, diplomat and colonial administrator.

Born in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he joined the British Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 in 1816. He participated in the bombardment of Algiers
Bombardment of Algiers

The Bombardment of Algiers was an attempt by Britain to end the slavery practices of the Dey of Algiers. An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland-Netherlands Naval fleet under the command of Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers....
, served in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and the West Indies and became an Admiral
Admiral

Admiral is the military rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above Vice Admiral and below Admiral of the Fleet/Fleet Admiral....
.

He was appointed Chief Superintendent of Trade and British Minister to China in 1835 and was based in Macau
Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region, , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong....
. He was involved in the First Opium War
First Opium War

The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the East India Company and the Qing Dynasty of China from 1839 to 1842 with the aim of forcing China to allow free trade, particularly in opium....
 and signed the Convention of Chuenpeh in 1841, in which Qing ceded Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong in the southern part of Hong Kong. It has a population of 1,268,112 and its population density is 15,915/km?, as of 2006....
 to Britain and was forced to tolerate the sale of Opium
Opium

Opium is a narcotic formed from the latex released by lacerating the immature seed pods of Opium poppy . It contains up to 12% morphine, an opiate alkaloid, which is most frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade....
 which caused large-scale problems of addiction
Addiction

The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, video game addiction, crime, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, pornography addiction, etc....
 among its population.






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Charles Elliot, also Charles Elliott (Chinese:
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
 ??, 1801 – 9 September, 1875) was a British naval officer, diplomat and colonial administrator.

Born in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he joined the British Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 in 1816. He participated in the bombardment of Algiers
Bombardment of Algiers

The Bombardment of Algiers was an attempt by Britain to end the slavery practices of the Dey of Algiers. An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland-Netherlands Naval fleet under the command of Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers....
, served in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and the West Indies and became an Admiral
Admiral

Admiral is the military rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above Vice Admiral and below Admiral of the Fleet/Fleet Admiral....
.

He was appointed Chief Superintendent of Trade and British Minister to China in 1835 and was based in Macau
Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region, , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong....
. He was involved in the First Opium War
First Opium War

The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the East India Company and the Qing Dynasty of China from 1839 to 1842 with the aim of forcing China to allow free trade, particularly in opium....
 and signed the Convention of Chuenpeh in 1841, in which Qing ceded Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong in the southern part of Hong Kong. It has a population of 1,268,112 and its population density is 15,915/km?, as of 2006....
 to Britain and was forced to tolerate the sale of Opium
Opium

Opium is a narcotic formed from the latex released by lacerating the immature seed pods of Opium poppy . It contains up to 12% morphine, an opiate alkaloid, which is most frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade....
 which caused large-scale problems of addiction
Addiction

The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, video game addiction, crime, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, pornography addiction, etc....
 among its population. He became the first British administrator of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, holding office from January to August 1841.

From 1842 to 1845 he was Chargé d'affaires
Chargé d'affaires

In diplomacy, charg? d?affaires , often shortened to simply charg?, is the title of two classes of diplomacy agents who head a diplomatic mission on a temporary basis....
 in Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
. From 1847 to 1852 he was the Governor of Bermuda
Governor of Bermuda

The Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's British overseas territory of Bermuda. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government....
, from 1853 to 1856 the Governor of Trinidad, and from 1863 to 1869 the Governor of Saint Helena
Governor of Saint Helena

The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's British overseas territory of Saint Helena. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government....
.

In 1855, as Commodore
Commodore (Royal Navy)

Commodore is a rank of the Royal Navy above Captain and below Rear Admiral. It is equivalent to a 1 star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-6....
, he also had command of a flottila made up of HMS Hornet
HMS Hornet (1854)

HMS Hornet was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the Cruizer class sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868....
, HMS Sybille and HMS Bittern. This flotilla, on 25 April 1855, discovered an island in the Sea of Japan
Sea of Japan

The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Russia. It is referred to in North Korea as the Korea East Sea and in South Korea as the East Sea....
, at . It was about a mile in extent, running in a NW by W and SE by E direction and formed together by a reef of rocks.

He was made KCB in 1856.

Places named for Elliot


  • Elliot's Vale - later renamed Glenealy


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