Playfair, Elliot [Minto] ♂

Education

Student United College 1842-1843 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Sens. Phil. 1843-1844 Gk. 2; Lat. 2 1844-1845 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2; Ethics.

Birth/childhood

Born 7.9.1828 in Calcutta [India] son of William Davidson Playfair, Lt. Col. [Lieutenant Colonel] H.E.I.C.S. [Honourable East India Company's Service] and Anne Ross. [Soldier]

Career

Addiscombe cadet 1845. Joined Madras Artillery 1846. Lieutenant 1854. Major 1872. General (1895) and Colonel Commandant (1896), Royal Artillery. [Soldier]

Death

Died St Andrews 29.5.1899.

Sources

• United College prize list
• Deaths Reg. St Andrews
• Monumental inscription St Andrews Cathedral burial ground