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THE CYCLOPEDIA OF INDIA. the outbreak, and Lord Melgund was appointed Chief of the Staff. In 1889 he was appointed General Commanding the Scottish Border Volunteer Brigade. His decorations include the Afghan Medal, Egyptian Medal, 1882, Medjidie Khedive Star and the North-West Canada 1885 Medal and Clasp and Volunteer Officers' Decoration. He was to the front in starting the Border Mounted Rifles (disbanded in 1888); and when the Scottish Border Brigade was formed in July 1888, His Lordship was appointed Brigadier-General. In 1898 Lord Minto returned to Canada as Governor-General, and the six years of his administration were eventful ones for the Dominion, whether viewed with regard to internal development or Imperial relations. They covered a period of prosperity unexampled in its previous history. The trade and revenue of the country increased by leaps and bounds. The Earl of Minto was a great success in Canada, and the series of demonstrations of kindly feeling that were exhibited in nearly all the large centres of the Dominion during the last few weeks of his term of office, showed how sincerely cordial were the relations that had been established between Lord and Lady Minto and the Canadian people of all races, religious denominations, and political parties. Lord Minto was known to be on terms of intimate friendship with Sir Wilfred Laurier, the trusted Leader of the Reform party, whose administration has been marked by various measures tending to unite Canada more closely with the Empire. Shortly after the resignation of Lord Curzon in 1905 Lord Minto was appointed Viceroy of India, arriving in Calcutta in December. In 1883 he married Mary Caroline Grey, daughter of General the Honourable Charles Grey, who was Private Secretary to the Queen. There are five children—Lady Eileen Elliot, Lady Ruby, Lady Violet, Viscount Melgund and the Hon. William Esmond Elliot.

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