Please answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 240px - order: first lord of the admiralty - successor: the earl of haddington - party: whig - monarch: william iv victoria - primeminister: the viscount melbourne - predecessor: the lord auckland - death date: 31 july 1859 - spouse: mary brydone -lrb- d. 1853 -rrb- - term end: 30 august 1841 - term start: 15 september 1835 - birth date: 16 november 1782 - name: the earl of minto - nationality: british - image: 2ndearlofminto.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gilbert elliot-murray-kynynmound , 2nd earl of minto .
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gilbert elliot-murray-kynynmound , 2nd earl of minto gcb , pc -lrb- 16 november 1782 -- 31 july 1859 -rrb- , styled as viscount melgund between 1813 and 1814 , was a british diplomat and whig politician .