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Bizarre Scottish Names

A Serving Suggestion

One of the stronger candidates must be Captain Elliot Elliot Eliott RN (1712 – 1745).

He was a younger son (probably the 6th) of Sir Gibert Eliott, 3rd Baronet of Stobs, and Eleanor Elliot, the daughter of William Elliott of Wells.

His older brothers had more normal names like John and William, but presumably by the time they got to six boys, they had run out of normality. Anyway, his oldest brother took the title of 4thBaronet, Continue reading

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