Charles Eliot (diplomat)

Sir Charles Eliot
British Ambassador to Japan
In office
1919–1925
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Conyngham Greene
Succeeded bySir John Tilley
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
In office
1912–1918
Succeeded byProf. G.P. Jordan
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield
In office
1905–1913
Succeeded byHerbert Fisher
Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate
In office
30 December 1900 – 20 May 1904
Preceded byArthur Hardinge
Succeeded bySir Donald Stewart
Personal details
Born(1862-01-08)8 January 1862
Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire
Died16 March 1931(1931-03-16) (aged 69)
Strait of Malacca
Alma materCheltenham College
Balliol College, Oxford

Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot GCMG CB PC (8 January 1862 – 16 March 1931) was a British diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist. He served as Commissioner of British East Africa in 1900–1904. He was British Ambassador to Japan in 1919–1925.[1]

He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist.[2] He described a number of sea slug species, including Chelidonura varians.

  1. ^ Nussbaum, "Eliot, Charles Norton Edgcumbe," p. 174, p. 174, at Google Books; Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859–1972, pp. 114–122.
  2. ^ pp. 14–15 of The History of Marine Science in Hong Kong (1841–1977) by Kerrie L. MacPherson, pp. 7–27 in Morton, Brian, ed. Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001: Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong, 21–26 October 2001. Hong Kong University Press, 2003.