Minto House, The University of Edinburgh, 20-22 Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JZ
Here lived (1725-1878) the Elliots of Minto, important East India Company shareholders. The first Earl was Governor-General of India (1807-13), one brother was assistant to Warren Hastings, another was Governor of Madras. The 4th Earl became Viceroy (1905-10). After their house was demolished in 1878, the present building was erected. Elsie Inglis’ Women’s Medical College (1889-1908) was based here: Of 185 women it trained, at least 20 were born in India, and 46 worked there, including Hilla Furloonji Batliwala (nee Banajee); Kadambini Ganguly; Khorshed Sorabji Kanga; and Meher Ardeshir Dadabhai Naoroji (niece of Dadbhai Naoroji, the UK’s first Indian MP).
![Shadow of Medical School sign on the pediment.](http://curiousedinburgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/OT-Womens-Medical-School-detail2.jpg)
Shadow of Medical School sign on the pediment.
![Portrait of George Eliot, 1st Earl of Minto, by James Atkinson.](http://curiousedinburgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/800px-Gilbert_Eliot_1st_Earl_of_Minto_by_James_Atkinson.jpg)
Portrait of Gilbert, 1st Earl of Minto, 1820s.
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- Edinburgh India Institute: Physicians and Surgeons
- Edinburgh India Institute: Old India Hands in Edinburgh