Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone and 2nd Baron Elphinstone, (27 July 1869 – 28 November 1955) was a British nobleman.

Early life

Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone was born at Carberry Tower south-east of

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on 27 July 1869. He was the son of William, 15th Lord Elphinstone and Lady Constance Murray (28 Dec 1838 – 16 Mar 1922). His maternal grandparents were Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore and Lady Catherine Herbert, daughter of the 11th Earl of Pembroke. His paternal grandparents were Lieutenant-Colonel James Drummond Fullerton Elphinstone and his second wife, Anna Maria (née Buller) Elphinstone, the daughter of

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. He was educated at Marlborough College and succeeded his father in 1893.

Career

Lord Elphinstone was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1923 and 1924,

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of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet from 1944 until his death. From 1924 to 1930 he served as president of the influential conservationist group the

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. He was invested as a

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in 1927 and was Chancellor of the Order from 1949. He was Captain General of the

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from 1935 until 1953 and was Governor of the

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from 1924 to 1955.ELPHINSTONE, 16th Lord
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and James Watt.

Scrap book

Lord Elphinstone's ''Scrap book'', which is held in the Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, provides a list of the clans of Scotland with the badges of distinction used by them. This rare book includes textile samples of clan tartans along with watercolour illustrations of clan flowers. Elphinstone was at one time a Trustee and Commissioner of Manufacturers in Scotland. The Scrap book can be viewed in th
Digital Collections of the Clark Library.

Marriage and later life

Lord Elphinstone married Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon on 24 July 1910 in

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. She was the daughter of

Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, (14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944), styled as Lord Glamis from 1865 to 1904, was a British peer and landowner who was the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, t ...

and

Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (' Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II, and great- ...

. She was also a sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The couple had five children: * The Hon. Mary Elizabeth Elphinstone (1911–1980). She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923. *

John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone John Alexander Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone and 3rd Baron Elphinstone (22 March 1914 – 15 November 1975) was a British nobleman and serviceman during World War II. He was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Early life Elphinstone was ...

(1914–1975). Died unmarried and had no issue. * The Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone (1915–1999), married Captain John Wills. Their daughter Marilyn was a goddaughter of Princess Margaret and a bridesmaid at her 1960 wedding. * The Hon. and Rev. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone (1918–1975), married Jean Hambro and had issue. His wife was a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II. Their son James became the 18th Lord Elphinstone. * The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (1925–2016), married Denys Rhodes and had issue. She was a bridesmaid at the 1947 wedding of the then-Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Lord Elphinstone died on 28 November 1955, aged 86.

Ancestry

References

External links

Lord Elphinstone's Scrap Book
Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection {{DEFAULTSORT:Elphinstone, Sidney 1869 births 1955 deaths People educated at Marlborough College Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Knights of the Thistle Governors of the Bank of Scotland English people of Dutch descent De Peyster family Schuyler family Van Cortlandt family Sidney Members of the Royal Company of Archers 16 Presidents of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society