Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Elliot ya kasance mataimaki ne a jere ga mai tara Bareilly, wakilin siyasa a Delhi, da kuma mai tarawa na kudancin Muradabad; sakatare ga hukumar Sudder na Kudaden shiga ga lardunan Arewa maso Yamma; kuma (1847) sakatare ga gwamnan janar a majalisar don sashen waje. A wannan matsayin ya raka Lord Hardinge zuwa Punjab kuma ya rubuta abin tunawa game da albarkatun sa. A matsayin sakataren harkokin waje ya kuma ziyarci iyakar yamma tare da Ubangiji Dalhousie, a yayin yakin Sikh
, kuma ya tattauna yarjejeniyar tare da shugabannin Sikh dangane da sasantawar Punjab da Gujarat, kuma ya sami KCB don ayyukansa (1849). A duk lokacin aikinsa na hukuma ya sadaukar da lokacinsa na karatu.