Jannion Steele Elliott (25 May 1871 – 27 March 1942), his surname sometimes hyphenated to Steele-Elliott, was a British ornithologist and naturalist who, in particular, accumulated large amounts of information on the mammals and birds of Bedfordshire.
[9] In their book, The Birds of Bedfordshire (1991), Paul Trodd and David Kramer stated that "the works of Jannion Steele Elliott were our base reference and it is only now that we can appreciate the importance of his writings when comparing the status of species than with those of today."
[11] Of Elliott, the British ornithologist Bruce Campbell stated: "On June 4th, 1903, Jannion Steele-Elliott, the great Bedfordshire naturalist and his friend Ronald Bruce Campbell, my father, spent the day at Southill Park and found nests with eggs of 27 different species of bird, a feat which can have few parallels in British field ornithology.
"[12] Elliott was a Tring correspondent (1899–1942) and records of his ornithological work are kept in the archives of the Natural History Museum.
[10][18][19] At Dowles Manor, he entertained friends and fellow naturalists including Charles Oldham, Thomas Coward and Herbert Forrest.