Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot

Major Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot (30 November 1852 – 5 December 1920) was a Scot 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.

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). His mother was the daughter of Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet.

Elliot was educated at Windlesham House School, near Washington, West Sussex and Harrow from January 1867 to Easter 1870. 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." and as a back in the second match, which England won 1–0.

Later in life, he also played cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club, making four listed appearances between June 1897 and August 1903.

Military and political career He enrolled with the Dumfries, Roxburgh, Kirkcudbright and Selkirk (Scottish Borderers) Militia in May 1873. He joined the regular army as a lieutenant in the 82nd Regiment in 1874. He retired on 25 January 1899.

Later life In 1892, Elliot became the 6th Laird of Wolfelee on the death of his brother, James. He was made a Justice of the Peace for Roxburgh. Returning to England, he was a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute.

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.

In 1912, he sold the family home "Wolfelee House" at Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire.

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.