John Edmund Elliot (30 March 1788 – 4 April 1862) was a British Whig politician.

Elliot was the third son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, and Anna Maria, daughter of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet.

He served under Lord John Russell as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1849 and 1852.

Elliot married Amelia, daughter of James Henry Casamaijor, in 1809.

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