Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot

Major Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot (30 November 1852 – 5 December 1920) was a British soldier who served as Private Secretary to David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow while he was Governor of New Zealand in the 1890s.

[4] Elliot was educated at Windlesham House School, near Washington, West Sussex and Harrow[5] from January 1867 to Easter 1870.

[6][7] Elliot played football for Harrow Chequers, before joining the Wanderers club, making his debut for them in a 5–0 victory over Forest School on 28 November 1871.

[5] In March 1894, he succeeded Colonel Patrick Boyle, the son of the Earl of Glasgow, as private secretary and ADC to the Governor in New Zealand.

[19] Elliot went back to New Zealand in 1907, when he visited the cadet camp at Hagley Park, Christchurch during the International Exhibition.