Daniel Eliott

Sir Daniel Eliott (3 March 1798 – 30 October 1872) was a Scottish civil servant in British India and governor of Madras.

Biography Eliott was the fourth son of Sir William Eliott, 6th Baronet and was born at Stobs Castle, Roxburghshire . He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and Haileybury. having received a nomination for the East India Company's civil service, proceeded to Madras in 1817. He soon showed a decided aptitude for the study of Indian languages and Indian law. In 1822 he was appointed deputy Tamil translator, and in 1823 Maráthá translator to the Madras government, and deputy secretary to the board of revenue. In 1827 he became secretary to the board of revenue and in 1836 a member of the board. In December 1838 he was nominated, on account of his profound knowledge of the laws and customs of the Madras presidency, to be the Madras member of the Indian law commission then sitting at Calcutta under the presidency of Macaulay to draw up the Indian codes.

Eliott died at The Boltons, West Brompton, on 30 October 1872.

Family In 1818 Eliott married Georgina Russell, daughter of General George Russell of the Bengal army, and together they had six daughters and four sons.