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{{Short description|British Army general (1850–1938)}}
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Lieutenant General '''Sir Edward Locke Elliot''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCB|KCIE|DSO}} (28 January 1850 – 12 December 1938) was a [[British Army]] General during the [[Second Boer War]] and in [[British India]].

==Biography==
Elliot was the son of Colonel Edward King Elliot. He was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], before being [[commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot]] in January 1868.

He served in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1879, and in [[Third Anglo-Burmese War|Burma]], 1885–1889, being [[mentioned in despatches]] (dated 2 September 1887) and awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO).<ref>[[The London Gazette]], 25 November 1887</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The VC and DSO Book (vol. II), page 27|url=http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II/files/assets/basic-html/page27.html}}</ref>

Elliott participated in the [[Dongola Expedition]] of 1896, when he was again mentioned in despatches and after it was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]]. Two years later, in 1898, he was promoted to [[Colonel (British Army)|colonel]] and appointed [[Inspector-General]] of Cavalry in [[India]].

He served in [[South Africa]] for 15 months from 1901 to 1902, after the [[Second Boer War]] had changed from [[conventional warfare]] to a [[guerrilla war]]. During the latter part of the war he commanded troops in the east of the [[Orange River Colony]], and following the announcement of peace on 31 May 1902, he supervised the surrender of arms in that area.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest arrangements - The peace, military arrangements |date=4 June 1902 |page=7 |issue=36785}}</ref> For his services in the war he was twice mentioned in despatches (dated 17 June and 23 June<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27459 |date=29 July 1902 |startpage=4835 |endpage=4836 }}</ref>), and was created a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]]. He was promoted to Major-General on 1 April 1902.

Following the end of the second Boer war, Elliot returned home to the United Kingdom, but in late 1902 was back in India to take up his former employment as Inspector General of Cavalry.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=14 October 1902 |page=7 |issue=36898}}</ref>

From 1905 to 1910, he commanded the 8th (Lucknow) Division in India. He retired from the army in 1911, having been promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant-General]] in 1906.

During the [[First World War]] he served in France as Military Adviser, Indian Army. He was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] in 1919 and also received the [[Legion d'Honneur]].

He died at The Coppice in [[Nottingham]] on 12 December 1938.<ref>''The Times'' (Saturday, 17 December 1938), p. 16.</ref>

==Family==
Elliot married, in 1893, Eva Sybil Smith, eldest daughter of Colonel Percy Smith, by whom he had a daughter.

==References==
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