Charles Eliot (diplomat)

Sir Charles Eliot
British Ambassador to Japan
In office
1919–1925
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Conyngham Greene
Succeeded bySir John Tilley
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
In office
17 March 1912 – August 1918
Succeeded byGregory Paul Jordan
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield
In office
1905–1913
Succeeded byHerbert Fisher
Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate
In office
30 December 1900 – 20 May 1904
Preceded byArthur Hardinge
Succeeded bySir Donald Stewart
Personal details
Born(1862-01-08)8 January 1862
Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire
Died16 March 1931(1931-03-16) (aged 69)
Alma materCheltenham College
Balliol College, Oxford
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister". Replace with "prime_minister".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "restingplacecoordinates". Replace with "resting_place_coordinates".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "restingplace". Replace with "resting_place".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "imagesize". Replace with "image_size".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "smallimage". Replace with "image".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "otherparty". Replace with "other_party".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "birthname". Replace with "birth_name".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot GCMG CB PC (8 January 1862 – 16 March 1931) was a British diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist. He served as Commissioner of British East Africa in 1900–1904. He was British ambassador to Japan in 1919–1925.

He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist. He described a number of sea slug species, including Chelidonura varians.