Andrew Elliot

Elliot was born November 1728 in Edinburgh, the son of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet of Minto and the former Helen Steuart (1696–1774). He was a brother of Gilbert, John, and Jean Elliot.

His paternal grandparents were Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto and Dame Jane Carre (the fourth daughter of Sir Andrew Carre of Cavers, Roxborough). His maternal grandparents were Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Allanbank, and, his second wife, Helen Cockburn (a daughter of Sir Alexander Cockburn of Langton). His maternal uncle was Archibald Stewart, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.{{Cite book |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/stewart-archibald-1697-1780 |chapter=STEWART, Archibald (1697–1780), of Edinburgh and Mitcham, Surr. |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 |editor=R. Sedgwick |date=1970 |via=History of Parliament Online}}

He arrived in Pennsylvania in 1746 as an apprentice and established himself as a trader. In 1762, he was elected a member of the board of trustees of the College of Philadelphia. In 1763, he was appointed collector of the port of New York and receiver general of New York. In 1764 he was appointed to the Province of New York executive council.

During the American Revolution he remained a Loyalist. A few days after the declaration of independence he left New York City for Perth Amboy for his safety. He returned to New York City after the British reoccupation. On 1 May 1777 he was appointed the head of the military court of police and on 17 July the superintendent of all imports and exports. In 1780 he was appointed lieutenant governor of the Province of New York. In 1783 he was part of the delegation that met with George Washington at Tappan.[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/99-01-02-12086 To George Washington from Andrew Elliot, 20 November 1783] Retrieved 16 May 2020 He was the acting governor from April 1783 to November.

Elliot sent his family back to Scotland on HMS Nonsuch on 9 July, and then he left for Scotland in December 1783.The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1887, page 156 After returning to Scotland, he was asked to serve as British Minister to America in 1790, but declined and held no further public offices.{{cite web |title=Andrew Elliot |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/andrew-elliot/ |website=archives.upenn.edu |publisher=University Archives and Records Center |access-date=28 October 2022 |language=en}}

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Elliot was twice married. His first marriage was in 1754 to Eleanor McCall, a daughter of George McCall and Anne ({{nee}} Yeates) McCall of Philadelphia.{{cite magazine |last1=Keen |first1=Gregory B. |title=The Descendants of Jöran Kyn, the Founder of Upland (continued) |date=1882 |magazine=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography |volume=6 |issue=3 |jstor=20084563 |jstor-access=free}} Together, they were the parents of one child:{{cite magazine |author=Eugene Devereux |title=Andrew Elliot, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New York |magazine=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography |date=July 1887 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=129–150 |jstor=20083194 |jstor-access=free}}

• Eleanor Elliot ({{circa|1756}}–1830), who married James Jauncey Jr., a member of the New York General Assembly, in 1773.{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Joseph Outerbridge |title=The Jaunceys of New York |date=1876 |publisher=Thitchener & Glastaeter, printers |isbn=978-0-598-99447-9 |pages=17–19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXUtAAAAYAAJ |access-date=28 October 2022 |language=en}} After his death, she married Admiral Robert Digby, MP for Wells, in 1784.{{cite book |last1=Kassler |first1=Michael |title=The Diary of Queen Charlotte, 1789 and 1794: Memoirs of the Court of George III, Volume 4 |date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-41983-2 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OdUiEAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA34 |access-date=28 October 2022 |language=en}}

After the death of his first wife, he married Elisabeth Plumsted in 1760. She was a daughter of the Mayor of Philadelphia William Plumsted and, his first wife, Rebecca ({{nee}} Kearney) Plumsted. After Elisabeth's mother died, her father William married Mary McCall, the sister of Elliot's first wife, making Elisabeth a step-daughter of his sister-in-law.{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=John Russell |title=Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1895 |date=1895 |publisher=New-York History Company |page=289 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsQ-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA289 |access-date=28 October 2022 |language=en}} Together, they were the parents of:{{cite book |title=Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography: PMHB |date=1887 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwObaCdgYdoC&pg=PA131 |access-date=28 October 2022 |language=en}}

• Agnes Murray Elliot (1763–1860), who married Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet.
• Elizabeth Elliot ({{circa|1764}}–1847), who married William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart.

Elliot died at home on 25 May 1797 at Mount Teviot, Jedburgh, aged 68.

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