| Sir Gilbert Elliot | |
| Term Start: | 1763 |
| Term End: | 1766 |
| Predecessor: | Lord Tinwald |
| Successor: | Lord Glenlee |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire |
| Term Start1: | 1722 |
| Term End1: | 1726 |
| Predecessor1: | William Douglas |
| Successor1: | Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Bt, of Stobs |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Alma Mater: | University of Utrecht |
| Parents: | Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto |
| Spouse: | Helen Stewart |
| Children: | Gilbert Elliot Jean Elliot Andrew Elliot John Elliot |
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, (of Minto) (16 April 1766) was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge from Minto in the Scottish Borders. From 1763 until his death 3 years later, he was Lord Justice Clerk, the second most senior judge in Scotland.
He was the oldest son of the judge Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto (–1718). Elliot studied law at the University of Utrecht and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1715.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire from 1722 to 1726 He was an eager agriculturist, and was one of the members of an Edinburgh "committee of taste for the improvement of the town." He was a keen supporter of the Hanoverian succession, in opposition to Jacobitism.
In June 1726, he was made a judge of the Court of Session, taking the judicial title Lord Minto. He became a Lord of Justiciary in 1733, and, in 1761, Keeper of the Signet. In 1763, he was promoted to Lord Justice Clerk.
In 1718, Elliot was married to Helen Stewart, the daughter of Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, who had been a member of the pre-union Parliament of Scotland. Together they were the parents of :
Sir Gilbert died on 16 April 1766 and was survived by nine children.
Through his eldest daughter Eleanor, he was a grandfather to John Rutherfurd, MP for Roxburghshire (who married Mary Ann Leslie, the only child of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Leslie), Elizabeth Rutherfurd (who married Andrew St Clair of Herdmanston, de jure 12th Lord Sinclair, parents of Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair)[5] and Jane Rutherfurd (who married William Oliver of Dinlabyre).[6]
Through his son Andrew, he was a grandfather of Eleanor Elliot (–1830), who married James Jauncey Jr.[7] and Admiral Robert Digby,[8] Agnes Murray Elliot (1763–1860), who married Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet, andElizabeth Elliot (–1847), who married William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart.[9]