Sir Charles Eliot | |
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| British Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office 1919–1925 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Sir Conyngham Greene |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Tilley |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1912–1918 | |
| Succeeded by | Prof. G.P. Jordan |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield | |
| In office 1905–1913 | |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Fisher |
| Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate | |
| In office 30 December 1900 – 20 May 1904 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Hardinge |
| Succeeded by | Sir Donald Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1862 Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire |
| Died | 16 March 1931 (aged 69) Strait of Malacca |
| Alma mater | Cheltenham 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.
- ^ Nussbaum, "Eliot, Charles Norton Edgcumbe," p. 174, p. 174, at Google Books; Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859–1972, pp. 114–122.
- ^ 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.