Minto

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Minto, Manitoba: A small farming community in southeastern Manitoba 20 minutes north of Boissevein. Minto may refer to the following:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Places

United Kingdom

• Minto, Scottish Borders, a village near Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland (the original Minto)

Places named after Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto:

Australia

• Minto, New South Wales

Canada

• Minto, New Brunswick
• Minto, Ontario
• Minto City, British Columbia, also known as simply Minto
• Minto (Manitoba riding), a provincial electoral division in Manitoba

Other places

• Minto, Alaska, United States
• Minto, North Dakota, United States
• Minto Islands, Nunavut

[edit] People

• Brian Minto, an American boxer
• The Earl of Minto, including:
  • Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751-1814), Scottish diplomat
  • Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto (1782-1859)
  • Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914), Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India
• Harry Minto, pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon
• John Minto, New Zealand political activist
• John Minto (Oregon pioneer), brother of Harry Minto, also a pioneer
• Scott Minto, English football (soccer) player
• Scott Minto, Australian rugby league footballer
• Wally Minto, inventor of the Minto wheel
• William Minto (1845-1893), Scottish author

[edit] Other

• The Minto Cup, a lacrosse award in Canada, first awarded by the 4th Earl of Minto, who was then Governor-General of Canada.
• Minto Developments Inc., a real estate company in Canada; also named for the 4th Earl of Minto
• MINTO, a Mixed Integer Optimizer
• Minto Sailing Dinghy, a 9-foot sailing dinghy produced commercially since the 1960s

[edit] See also

• Mentos, a Dutch candy