Minto Gilbert John Murray Kynynmond Elliot Earl 1847- Educated
at Eton and Cambridge, and entered the army, 1867. Served with the
Turkish army, 1877; in the Afghan War, 1879; private secretary to Lord
Roberts at the Cape, 1881; took part in the Egyptian campaign, 1882.
Military secretary to the Marquis of Lansdowne when governor-general of
Canada, 1883-1885; and in 1885 served through the Riel Rebellion as
chief of staff to General Middleton. Governor-general of Canada,
1898-1904; viceroy of India, 1905-1910. =Index=: (Sir John A Macdonald era) On Louis Riel,
240. =Bib.=: Morgan, Can. Men.