Lord Elphinstone is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created by King James IV in 1510.

History

The title of Lord Elphinstone was granted by King James IV in 1510 to Sir Alexander Elphinstone of Elphinstone, who was killed at the

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three years later. He was succeeded by his son, the second Lord, killed at the

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in 1547. His grandson, the fourth Lord, served as

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. His great-great-great-great-grandson, the eleventh Lord, sat in the

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as a

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from 1778 to 1794. He was succeeded by his son, the twelfth Lord, who was a

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in the Army, a Scottish Representative Peer from 1803 to 1807 and Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire. His son, the thirteenth Lord, served as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1833 to 1834 and from 1847 to 1849, and he was also

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and of

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. In 1859, he was created Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in the

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. However, this title became extinct on his death in 1860 while he was succeeded in the lordship by his first cousin, the fourteenth Lord. He was the son of Admiral the Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, second son of the eleventh Lord. When he died the following year, this line of the family also failed and he was succeeded by his second cousin, the fifteenth Lord. He was the grandson of the Hon. William Elphinstone, third son of the tenth Lord. Lord Elphinstone sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1867 to 1885 and served as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) in the

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administrations of Benjamin Disraeli and

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. In 1885, he was created Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Haddington, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Lords Elphinstone sat in the House of Lords in right of this title until the passing of the

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removed the automatic right of

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s to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament. He was succeeded by his son, the sixteenth Lord, who in 1910 married Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, second daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and elder sister of

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, wife of

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and mother of

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. He was succeeded by his son, the seventeenth Lord, who was taken

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on 12 June 1940. Between 1944 and 1945, he was one of the 'Prominente' prisoners at

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(

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). On his death in 1975, the titles passed to his nephew, the eighteenth Lord. , the titles are held by the latter's son, the nineteenth Lord, who succeeded in 1994 at the age of fourteen. He is Chief of Clan Elphinstone. Lord Elphinstone is a third cousin of the Prince of Wales. Other members of the Elphinstone family include

James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino (1553?-1612) was a Scottish nobleman and politician, disgraced in 1609. Life to 1605 He was the third son of Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone, by Margaret, daughter of Sir John Drummond of Innerpe ...

, younger son of the third Lord Elphinstone. Lord Balmerino's younger son was James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Coupar. Another member was

George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (7 January 1746 – 10 March 1823), was a British naval officer active throughout the Napoleonic Wars. Career Early service George Elphinstone was the fourth son of Charles Elphinstone, 10th ...

, who was the fifth son of the tenth Lord Elphinstone. Lord Keith's daughter

Margaret Keith, 2nd Baroness Keith Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, comtesse de Flahaut, Baroness Keith and Nairne (12 June 1788 – 11 November 1867), was a Scottish society hostess. Biography Margaret, was born in Mayfair on 12 June 1788, the only child of George Elphinstone, ...

(who had succeeded to the two baronies of Keith held by her father according to special remainders in the letters patent), inherited the Lordship of Nairne in 1837, a title which is now held by the Viscount Mersey. The family seat is Whitberry House near Tyninghame,

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Lords Elphinstone (1510); Barons Elphinstone (1885)

* Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone (d. 1513) * Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone (1510–1547) * Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone (1530–1602) *

Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone (1552-1638), was a Scottish courtier, landowner, and Lord Treasurer Alexander Elphinstone was the son of Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone (1530-1602) and Margaret Drummond, daughter of Sir Joh ...

(1552–1638) * Alexander Elphinstone, 5th Lord Elphinstone (1577–1648) * Alexander Elphinstone, 6th Lord Elphinstone (d. 1654) *

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(1647–1669) * John Elphinstone, 8th Lord Elphinstone (1649–1718) * Charles Elphinstone, 9th Lord Elphinstone (1676–1757) * Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone (1711–1781) *

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(1737–1794) * John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone (1764–1813) * John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone (1807–1860) * John Elphinstone, 14th Lord Elphinstone (1819–1861) * William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone, 1st Baron Elphinstone (1828–1893) * Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone, 2nd Baron Elphinstone (1869–1955) * John Alexander Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone, 3rd Baron Elphinstone (1914–1975) * James Alexander Elphinstone, 18th Lord Elphinstone, 4th Baron Elphinstone (1953–1994) * Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone, 5th Baron Elphinstone (b. 1980) The

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is the present holder's son, Jago Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone (b. 2011).

Arms

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Attribution

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elphinstone Lordships of Parliament Lists of Scottish people People associated with Stirling (council area) People associated with East Lothian Noble titles created in 1510

History

Lords Elphinstone (1510); Barons Elphinstone (1885)

Arms

See also

References

Attribution