Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot

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Major Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot (30 November 1852 – 5 December 1920) was a British soldier who served as Private Secretary to David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow while he was Governor of New Zealand in the 1890s. He twice played football for Scotland in the unofficial international matches in 1871 and 1872.{{cite web|title=EHM Elliott |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/players/ehmelliott.html|work=Scotland international footballers|publisher=London Hearts |access-date=15 July 2011}}

Early life and education

Elliot was born at Vizagapatam, India, the son of Walter Elliot (1803–1887), the Scottish naturalist, and Maria Dorothea Hunter Blair (c.1816–1890).{{cite web|title=Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot |url=http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-elliot97665+2-2-0-1-0|publisher=genealogy.links.org|accessdate=19 July 2011}}{{cite web|title=Sir Walter Elliot |url=http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-elliott96978+2-2-0-1-0|publisher=genealogy.links.org|accessdate=15 July 2011}} His mother was the daughter of Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet.{{cite web |title=Maria Dorothea Hunter Blair |url=http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-hunterblair97657+2-2-0-1-0|publisher=genealogy.links.org|accessdate=15 July 2011}}

Elliot was educated at Windlesham House School, near Washington, West Sussex and Harrow{{cite web |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Wellington Provincial District) |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d3-d3-d2.html|publisher=Victoria University of Wellington|accessdate=18 July 2011 |date=June 1892}} from January 1867 to Easter 1870.

Football career

Elliot played football for Harrow Chequers, before joining the Wanderers club, making his debut for them in a 5–0 victory over Forest School on 28 November 1871. He continued to appear regularly for the Wanderers over the next two years, with his final game coming on 22 March 1873.{{cite book | title=The Wanderers F.C. – "Five times F.A. Cup winners"|last= Cavallini|first= Rob | publisher=Dog N Duck Publications |year=2005 | isbn=0-9550496-0-1|page=89}} In the 1873 Football Annual, he was described as "a truly ponderous fellow but successful as a dribbler withal; has been known to kick a goal."

He was selected to represent Scotland in the representative matches against England on 18 November 1871 and 24 February 1872, playing as a forward in the first match, won 2–1 by England,{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 1 (sic)|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1871-72/M00UOSco1871.html|work=England unofficial matches|publisher=englandfootballonline|accessdate=19 July 2011|date=18 November 1871|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711125127/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1871-72/M00UOSco1871.html|archivedate=11 July 2011}}{{cite web|title=England 2 Scotland 1 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18711118.html|work=Scotland international matches|publisher=londonhearts|accessdate=19 July 2011 |date=18 November 1871}}{{cite web|title=Match report |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1871/1871111802.htm |publisher=londonhearts |accessdate=19 July 2011|page=2|date=18 November 1871}} and as a back in the second match, which England won 1–0.{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 0|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1871-72/M00UOSco1872.html|work=England unofficial matches|publisher=englandfootballonline|accessdate=19 July 2011|date=18–24 February 1872|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717130814/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1871-72/M00UOSco1872.html|archivedate=17 July 2011}}{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 0 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18720224.html|work=Scotland international matches |publisher=londonhearts|accessdate=19 July 2011 |date=24 February 1872}}{{cite web|title=Match report |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1872/1872022403.htm|publisher=londonhearts |accessdate=19 July 2011|page=3|date=24 February 1872}}

Later in life, he also played cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club, making four listed appearances between June 1897 and August 1903.{{cite web |title=Other Matches Played by EHM Elliot |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/256/256281/Other_matches.html |publisher=cricketarchive |accessdate=19 July 2011 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108174612/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/256/256281/Other_matches.html |url-status=dead }}

Military and political career

He enrolled with the Dumfries, Roxburgh, Kirkcudbright and Selkirk (Scottish Borderers) Militia in May 1873.{{London Gazette |issue=23983|page=2684|date=3 June 1873 }} He joined the regular army as a lieutenant in the 82nd Regiment in 1874. He was promoted to captain in 1884 and in 1888, he was transferred to the 40th, later South Lancashire Regiment. His final promotion came in 1894 to the rank of major.

In March 1894, he succeeded Colonel Patrick Boyle, the son of the Earl of Glasgow, as private secretary and ADC to the Governor in New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Vital Statistics |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18940309.2.11&l=mi&e=-------10--81----0Halloween-- |work=The Evening Post|accessdate=19 July 2011|date=9 March 1894}} He retired on 25 January 1899.{{London Gazette |issue=27045|page=461|date=24 January 1899 }}

Later life

In 1892, Elliot became the 6th Laird of Wolfelee on the death of his brother, James.{{cite web|title=The Elliots of Wolfelee|url=http://home.tiscali.nl/cb002201/ellot_clan.htm|work=The Ellot Clan|accessdate=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402203627/http://home.tiscali.nl/cb002201/ellot_clan.htm|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} He was made a Justice of the Peace for Roxburgh.

During the Boer War, he was a commandant of Prisoners of War.{{cite web|last=Welch|first=Reginald Courtenay|title=The Harrow School register, 1800–1911|url=https://archive.org/stream/harrowschoolregi00harruoft/harrowschoolregi00harruoft_djvu.txt|accessdate=15 August 2011 |authorlink=Reginald Courtenay Welch|page=393|year=1894}} Returning to England, he was a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedings37royauoft/proceedings37royauoft_djvu.txt|title=Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute |publisher=The Royal Colonial Institute|accessdate=19 July 2011|year=1906}}

Elliot went back to New Zealand in 1907, when he visited the cadet camp at Hagley Park, Christchurch during the International Exhibition. He praised the discipline and appearance of the cadets.{{cite web|title=The Cadet Movement – High Praise from a Soldier |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WH19070424.2.8&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0--|work=Papers Past |accessdate=19 July 2011|date=24 April 1907}}

In 1912, he sold the family home "Wolfelee House" at Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire. He died on 5 December 1920; at the time of his death, he was resident at "Springfield", Breinton, Herefordshire.{{London Gazette |issue=32315|page=3706|date=6 May 1921 }}

Family

On 27 September 1905, Elliot married Edith Margaret Crawford, the daughter of the Rev. John Charles Crawford of Coulsdon, Surrey; they had no children.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120320151328/http://www.turnbullclan.com/publications/rulewater/Rulewater-104F.jpg.html Picture of Elliot in later life]
[http://residentialsearch.savills.co.uk/property-detail/264439 Sale particulars for Wolfelee House]

Category:1852 births

Category:Sportspeople from Visakhapatnam

Category:1920 deaths

Category:British people in colonial India

Category:Military personnel of British India

Category:People educated at Harrow School

Category:People educated at Windlesham House School

Category:South Lancashire Regiment officers

Category:Scotland men's representative footballers (1870–1872)

Category:Wanderers F.C. players

Category:Harrow Chequers F.C. players

Category:Military personnel from the Scottish Borders