Charles Eliot (diplomat)
Sir Charles Eliot | |
|---|---|
| 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.
He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist. He described a number of sea slug species, including Chelidonura varians.