Lord Elphinstone
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Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone
in the County of Stirling, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland
. It was created in 1510 for Alexander Elphinstone
who was killed at the Battle of Flodden three years later. He was succeeded by his son, the second Lord, killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
in 1547. His grandson, the fourth Lord, served as Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
. His great-great-great-great-grandson, the eleventh Lord, sat in the House of Lords
as a Scottish Representative Peer
from 1778 to 1794. He was succeeded by his son, the twelfth Lord, who was a Lieutenant-General 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 between 1833 and 1834 and 1847 and 1849 and was also Governor of Bombay and of Madras. In 1859 he was created Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. 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 Lord-in-Waiting
(government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative
administrations of Benjamin Disraeli and Lord Salisbury
. 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 House of Lords Act 1999
removed the automatic right of hereditary peer
s to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament.
He was succeeded by his son, the sixteenth Lord. In 1910 he married Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon
, second daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
, and elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of George VI and mother of Elizabeth II. He was succeeded by his son, the seventeenth Lord. He was taken Prisoner of War
on 12 June 1940. Between 1944 and 1945 he was one of the "Prominente" prisoners at Colditz (Oflag IV-C). 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 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
Other members of the Elphinstone family include James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerinoch, younger son of the third Lord Elphinstone. Lord Balmerinoch's younger son was James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Coupar. Another member was George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
. He was the fifth son of the tenth Lord Elphinstone. Lord Keith's daughter Margaret Keith, 2nd Baroness Keith (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 Heir Apparent
is the present holder's son the Hon. Jago Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone (b. 2011)
Elphinstone
-Places:* Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland* Elphinstone, Victoria, Australia* Elphinstone, Manitoba, Canada* Elphinstone College, college of the University of Mumbai* Elphinstone Hall, part of King's College, Aberdeen, Scotland...
in the County of Stirling, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
. It was created in 1510 for Alexander Elphinstone
Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone
Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone was a Scottish peer.Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone, was the son of Sir John Elphinstone of that ilk and of Pittendreich. He was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in 1510. He...
who was killed at the Battle of Flodden three years later. He was succeeded by his son, the second Lord, killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland on 10 September 1547, was part of the War of the Rough Wooing. It was the last pitched battle between Scottish and English armies, and is seen as the first modern battle in the British Isles...
in 1547. His grandson, the fourth Lord, served as Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
Treasurer of Scotland
The Treasurer was a senior post in the pre-Union government of Scotland, the Privy Council of Scotland.The full title of the post was Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector-General and Treasurer of the New Augmentation, formed as it was from the amalgamation of four earlier offices...
. His great-great-great-great-grandson, the eleventh Lord, sat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
as a Scottish Representative Peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
from 1778 to 1794. He was succeeded by his son, the twelfth Lord, who was a Lieutenant-General in the Army, a Scottish Representative Peer from 1803 to 1807 and Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire
Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire. Before the twentieth century, the county was spelled Dumbartonshire.*John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone...
.
His son, the thirteenth Lord, served as a Scottish Representative Peer between 1833 and 1834 and 1847 and 1849 and was also Governor of Bombay and of Madras. In 1859 he was created Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. 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
Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He commanded a succession of smaller vessels during the early years of the wars, achieving some successes against French cruisers, merchants and privateers, before...
, 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 Lord-in-Waiting
Lord-in-Waiting
Most Lords in Waiting are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. As members of the Royal Household their duties are nominal, though they are occasionally required to meet visiting political and state leaders on visits...
(government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
administrations of Benjamin Disraeli and Lord Salisbury
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC , styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years...
. 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 House of Lords Act 1999
House of Lords Act 1999
The House of Lords Act 1999 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. The Act reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. For centuries, the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;...
removed the automatic right of hereditary peer
Hereditary peer
Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over seven hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 only ninety-two are permitted to do so...
s to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament.
He was succeeded by his son, the sixteenth Lord. In 1910 he married Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon
Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone
Mary Frances Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone and Baroness Elphinstone DCVO was a maternal aunt and godparent of Elizabeth II.-Biography:...
, second daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, was a landowner and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II....
, and elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of George VI and mother of Elizabeth II. He was succeeded by his son, the seventeenth Lord. He was taken Prisoner of War
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
on 12 June 1940. Between 1944 and 1945 he was one of the "Prominente" prisoners at Colditz (Oflag IV-C). 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
Clan Elphinstone
Clan Elphinstone is a Lowland Scottish clan-Origins of the Name:The Clan Elphinstone is believed to have originated from Airth in Stirlingshire. The surname Elphinstone derives from the territory of Elphinstone in the parish of Tranent, East Lothian. The original name is thought to have been 'de...
. Lord Elphinstone is a third cousin of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
Other members of the Elphinstone family include James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerinoch, younger son of the third Lord Elphinstone. Lord Balmerinoch's younger son was James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Coupar. Another member was George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith was a British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars.-Career:Fifth son of the 10th Lord Elphinstone, he was born in Elphinstone Tower, near Stirling, Scotland...
. He was the fifth son of the tenth Lord Elphinstone. Lord Keith's daughter Margaret Keith, 2nd Baroness Keith (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
Lord Nairne
Lord Nairne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, which since 1995 is held by the Viscount Mersey. It was created in 1681 for the Scottish lawyer Sir Robert Nairne, with remainder to his son-in-law Lord William Murray, fourth son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. Nairne notably served as a...
in 1837, a title which is now held by the Viscount Mersey
Viscount Mersey
Viscount Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for the lawyer and politician John Bigham, 1st Baron Mersey. He had already been created Baron Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster, in 1910,...
.
Lords Elphinstone (1510); Barons Elphinstone (1885)
- Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord ElphinstoneAlexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord ElphinstoneAlexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone was a Scottish peer.Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone, was the son of Sir John Elphinstone of that ilk and of Pittendreich. He was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in 1510. He...
(d. 1513) - Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone (1510–1547)
- Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone (1530–1602)
- Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone (1552–1638)
- Alexander Elphinstone, 5th Lord Elphinstone (1577–1648)
- Alexander Elphinstone, 6th Lord Elphinstone (d. 1654)
- Alexander Elphinstone, 7th Lord Elphinstone (1647–1669)
- John Elphinstone, 8th Lord Elphinstone (1649–1718)
- Charles Elphinstone, 9th Lord Elphinstone (1676–1757)
- Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone (1711–1781)
- John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone (1737–1813)
- John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone (1764–1813)
- John Elphinstone, 13th Lord ElphinstoneJohn Elphinstone, 13th Lord ElphinstoneJohn Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone and 1st Baron Elphinstone GCB GCH PC was a Scottish soldier, politician and colonial administrator. He was twice elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a Scottish Representative peer, serving once from 14 January 1833 to 29 December 1834 and then...
(1807–1860) - John Elphinstone Fleeming, 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 ElphinstoneSidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord ElphinstoneSidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone and 2nd Baron Elphinstone KT was a Scottish nobleman.-Biography:...
(1869–1955) - John 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 ElphinstoneAlexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord ElphinstoneAlexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone and 5th Baron Elphinstone is a British peer in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom....
(b. 1980)*
The Heir Apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son the Hon. Jago Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone (b. 2011)
See also
- George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
- Lord Balmerinoch
- Lord Coupar
- Lord NairneLord NairneLord Nairne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, which since 1995 is held by the Viscount Mersey. It was created in 1681 for the Scottish lawyer Sir Robert Nairne, with remainder to his son-in-law Lord William Murray, fourth son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. Nairne notably served as a...