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Fonds consists of

4 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Accession

1. National Archives of Canada. Painting collection [graphic material] (118-080163-6)
2. Gilbert John Elliott, Earl of Minto fonds [textual records] (1996-03018-3)
3. Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto [textual record] (2009-00640-2)

Date(s)

1868-[ca. 1925]

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Fonds consists of documents relating to Lord Minto's career as Governor General of Canada from 1898 to 1904. There are also some materials relating to his earlier career in Canada as Viscount Melgund, military secretary to Lord Lansdowne and as General Middleton's chief of staff during the Northwest Rebellion. There are three series: personal papers; military secretary to Governor General papers; and Governor General papers. Material on microfilm is located on microfilm reels A-129 to A-132. The oil painting is a full-length standing portrait of Gilbert John Elliott, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914), Governor-General of Canada, 1898-1904. The painting is probably a posthumous portrait copied from another image by Dorothy E. Vicaji.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Painting: Restrictions on use and reproduction are yet to be determined. Copyright expired.

Finding aid

Textual records Finding aid no. 115 is organized into two parts. Part One is a nominal or subject index which lists the year and subject of the correspondence and indicates the location of items in Part Two. Part Two is a descriptive list for each volume indicating date, author and subjects of each item. MSS0115 90 (Electronic)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001336.pdf

Textual records The catalogue of the entire Minto fonds, for which only a portion relating to Canada has been copied, is available on microfilm reel A-129. 90 (Microform)

Creator / Provenance

Elliott, John Gilbert, 4th Earl of Minto, , 1845-1914.

Additional name(s)

Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir, 1841-1919.
Tupper, Charles, Sir, 1821-1915.
Sladen, Arthur F.
Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937.
Minto, Mary Caroline, Countess of, 1858-1940.

Biography / Administrative history

Gilbert Elliott was born in London, the eldest son of William Hugh Elliott, the third Earl of Minto. Bearing the courtesy title of Viscount Melgund, he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then entered the Scots Guards in 1867. During the next twelve years, serving in various capacities, he saw military action in Spain, Turkey, Afghanistan, South Africa, Egypt, and Canada. While in Canada, from 1883 to 1886, Melgund served as Military Secretary to Governor General Lord Lansdowne, and was Chief of Staff to General Middleton during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. From 1886 to 1898 Melgund lived in semi-retirement on his Roxburgshire estate, where, on the death of his father in 1891, he inherited the earldom.

Lord Minto was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1898 and held that post until November 1904. A year later, in November 1905, he was appointed Viceroy of India, where he served until 1910. Lord Minto then retired to the family estate where he resided until his death in 1914.

Additional information

Subject heading

1. Yukon Territory - History - 1895-1918, [1898-1905]
2. Sir Frederick Borden, [1898-1909]
3. Great Britain. Colonial Office - Despatches, 1902
4. Joseph Chamberlain, [1898-1909]
5. South African War, 1899-1902 - Canada, 1902
6. General Sir Edward Hutton, [1898-1909], 1923.
7. Quebec (Province) - Politics and government - 1897-1936, 1902
8. Lord William Seymour, [1898-1909]
9. Viscount Melgund - Diaries, [1884-1894]
10. G.M. Grant, [1899-1904]
11. Fenians, [1884-1887, 1907]
12. "reasoned account", 1923.
13. South African War, 1899-1902 - Poetry, [1884, 1899-1900, 1907]
14. Montreal Star, 1902.
15. Quebec (Quebec) - Manufactures, [1884, 1889-1900, 1907]
16. Munitions - Manufactures, [1884, 1899-1900, 1907]
17. Hugh Graham, 1902.
18. Hockey, [1884, 1899-1900, 1907]
19. "Imperialist", 1902.
20. Imperial trade, 1898-1904
21. Governor General Lord Lansdowne, [1884-1894]
22. Lieut. H.C. Graham - Travel diaries, 1900
23. Viscount Melgund, [1884-1886]
24. Governors general - Travel, 1900
25. General Middleton, [1884-1894]
26. Travellers - Northwest Territories, 1900
27. Canada. Army. Chief of Staff, 1885, [1884-1894]
28. Travellers - Klondike River Valley (Yukon), 1900
29. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, [1884-1887, 1907]
30. Canada - History, Military - To 1900, 1898, 1923
31. Atlantic, Quebec and Western Railway, [1884-1887, 1907]
32. Canada - Surveys, 1898, 1923
33. Canadian Defence Commission, [1884-1887, 1907]
34. Cabinet ministers - Canada, [1899-1904]
35. Canadian Pacific Railway, [1884, 1899-1900, 1907]
36. Indians of North America - Canada, [1900-1905]
37. Canada. Militia, [1898-1907]
38. Alaska - Boundaries, [1898-1907]
39. Great Britain. Army. South of Scotland Volunteer Brigade, 1888-1895.
40. Governors general - Canada, 1898-1904
41. Arthur Elliott, M.P., 1898-1904.
42. Lord Minto - Diaries, 1898-1904.
43. Speeches, addresses, etc., n.d., 1898, 1903-1904.
44. Politicians - Great Britain, [n.d., 1868-1919]
45. Lord Minto - Military leadership, 1888-1895.
46. Laurier, Wilfrid,
47. Riel Rebellion, 1885
48. Campaigns.
49. Rébellion de Riel, 1885
50. Campagnes et batailles .
51. Tupper, Charles,
52. Sladen, Arthur F.
53. Politics and government
54. Canada
55. Politique et gouvernement
56. Personal narratives.
57. Récits personnels .
58. Marconi, Guglielmo,
59. Politicians
60. Canada.
61. Hommes politiques
62. Minto, Mary Caroline,
63. South African War, 1899-1902.
64. Guerre des Boers, 1899-1902.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

MAINS24112

Related control no.

1. 1990-369 DAP
2. 118-080163-6
3. 1996-03018-3
4. 2009-00640-2

MIKAN no.

105483