A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Elliot, Horatio Foley
ELLIOT. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 9; h-p., 0.)
Horatio Foley Elliot died in 1845. He was third son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 12 Oct. 1836; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1842. His appointments appear to have been – 22 Feb. 1842, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, on the South American station – 18 July, 1843, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West Indies – and, 24 Jan. 1844, to the Albatross 16, Capt. Reginald Yorke, with whom he served on the coast of Africa until the period of his death.