Walter Elliot | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| In office 16 May 1938 – 13 May 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Sir Kingsley Wood |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm MacDonald |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 29 October 1936 – 6 May 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Sir Godfrey Collins |
| Succeeded by | John Colville |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
| In office 28 September 1932 – 29 October 1936 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir John Gilmour |
| Succeeded by | William Morrison |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 24 August 1931 – 29 September 1932 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Hore-Belisha |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 26 July 1926 – 7 June 1929 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Tim Johnston |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland | |
| In office 11 November 1924 – 26 July 1926 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | James Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Office renamed |
| In office 15 January 1923 – 23 January 1924 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | James Kidd |
| Succeeded by | James Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1888 Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | 8 January 1958 (aged 69) Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative |
| Spouses | |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow MB ChB 1913 DSc 1923 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1941 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Scots Greys |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Military Cross and bar |
Walter Elliot Elliot CH MC PC FRS FRSE FRCP (19 September 1888 – 8 January 1958) was a politician of Scotland's Unionist Party prominent in the interwar period. He was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1918, and besides an interval of months in 1923–24 and 1945–46, remained in parliament until his death. His Cabinet roles were as the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the National Government (1931–1935) of Ramsay MacDonald; as the Secretary of State for Scotland in the National Government (1935–1937) of Stanley Baldwin; and as Minister of Health in Neville Chamberlain's National Government (1937–1939) and the short-lived Chamberlain war ministry.
While in medical training at university he was President of the Glasgow University Union and served in the First World War, winning the Military Cross on two occasions. In the course of his career he was Member of Parliament for the constituencies of Lanark, Glasgow Kelvingrove, and Combined Scottish Universities. He was also Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rector of the University of Aberdeen, and Rector of the University of Glasgow.