John Elliot (antiquary)
John Elliot (1725–1782) was an English lawyer and antiquary.
Life
Elliot was born in 1725 in the parish of
Elliot was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 7 December 1780.[3] He died suddenly in Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, 28 February 1782, aged 57.[4] He had asked "to be buried in the vault in St. Michael's churchyard in Lewes with my father and mother". By his wife, Margaret Cook of Berwick-upon-Tweed, who survived him, he left no issue.
Legacy
Elliott bequeathed his manuscript collections on Lewes and Sussex to Burrell. They later went, with Burrell's manuscripts, to the British Museum. He had an antiquarian library at his chambers in the Inner Temple, which he directed to be sold after his death. He never published.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Elliot, John (1725-1782)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.