Elliott, JEAN

Elliott, JEAN, the author of 'The Flowers of the Forest,' a touching lyric on the disaster of Flodden, was the daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto House, Teviotdale, where she was born in 1727. The greater part of her life was spent in Edinburgh (1756-1804). She died at the family seat or at Monteviot, on 29th March 1805. Her eldest brother, Sir Gilbert Elliot (1722-77), was himself a song-writer; whilst John, the third brother, who died in 1808, was a distinguished admiral. See MINTO.