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Walter Elliot
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Scottish Unionist Party politician (1888-1958)
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Walter Elliot (1888–1958) was a British military physician and politician. Born in Lanark, he served in the British Army during World War I, receiving the Military Cross. He was a member of the Conservative Party and held the positions of Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Elliot also served as a rector and was recognized in the Royal Society collection.
An author who wrote in English, Elliot produced works such as *Flora Andhrica A Vernacular And Botanical*, *Carnataca translation of Esop's fables*, *Walter's Tales of the Borders*, *Divining Archaeology*, and *A Song For Yarrow*. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy and the University of Glasgow. Elliot was a member of the Royal Society and worked in London. He was eligible for the honorific prefix The Right Honourable and held citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony catalogs Walter Elliot in its Fellows of the Royal Society collection (9,360 entries).
Within Vinony's link graph, Walter Elliot is referenced by 253 other articles, and connects out to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Battle of Cambrai and Order of the Companions of Honour.
Vinony files it under 1888 births, 1958 deaths and 20th-century Scottish medical doctors.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Flora Andhrica A Vernacular And Botanical
- Carnataca translation of Esop's fables
- Walter's Tales of the Borders
- Divining Archaeology
- A Song For Yarrow
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Lanark
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- rector
- Educated at
- The Glasgow Academy
- Political party
- Conservative Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Military Cross
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Walter Elliott MP.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- date of death
- 1958-01-01
- date of birth
- 1888-01-01
- member of
- Royal Society
- name in native language
- Walter Elliot
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- candidacy in election
- 1924 United Kingdom general election
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Midway Games
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