The Eliott Baronetcy, of Stobs in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 3 December 1666 for Gilbert Eliott. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Roxburghshire

Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The Eliott Baronets share a common early Ellot ancestry with the nearby Earls of Minto

Earl of Minto

Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. The family descends from the politician and judge Gilbert Elliot, who served as a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord...

 (Elliot). It is thought that the surname spelling differences were contrived to differentiate the branches. There is a genealogical book which includes this family - The Elliots: The Story of A Border Clan by The Dowager Lady Eliott of Stobbs and Sir Arthur Eliott, 11th Baronet, published in hardback (ISBN 0-85422-081-X) and later reprinted in soft cover.

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB was a British Army officer who took served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba...

 was the tenth son of the third Baronet.

Eliott Baronets, of Stobs (1666)

• Sir Gilbert Eliott, 1st Baronet (d. 1677)
• Sir William Eliott, 2nd Baronet (d. 1699)
• Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Baronet (d. 1764)
• Sir John Eliott, 4th Baronet (1705-1767)
• Sir Francis Eliott, 5th Baronet (d. 1791)
• Sir William Eliott, 6th Baronet (1767-1812)
• Sir William Francis Eliott, 7th Baronet (1793-1864)
• Sir William Eliott, 8th Baronet (1827-1910)
• Sir Arthur Eliott, 9th Baronet (1856-1916)
• Sir Gilbert Eliott, 10th Baronet (1886-1958)
• Sir Arthur Eliott, 11th Baronet (1915-1989)
• Sir Charles Eliott, 12th Baronet (b. 1937)