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Elphinstone (surname)

Elphinstone is a Scottish surname. It is locational from the lands of Elphinstone in the parish of Tranent.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Abi Elphinstone, British children's author
  • Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone (died 1513), Scottish nobleman
  • Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone (died 1638), Scottish nobleman
  • Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone (born 1980), Scottish nobleman
  • Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino (1688–1746), Scottish nobleman and Jacobite army officer
  • Augustus Elphinstone (1874–1964), Australian businessman
  • Cecil Elphinstone (1874–1964), Australian businessman and politician
  • Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (1774–1840) (born Charles Elphinstone), British admiral
  • David Elphinstone (1847–1916), Australian architect
  • Derek Elphinstone (1913–1999), British actor
  • Euphemia Elphinstone (fl. 1509–1542), mistress of King James V of Scotland
  • George Elphinstone (d. 1634), Provost of Glasgow
  • George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746–1823), British admiral
  • Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith (1764–1857), British literary correspondent and intellectual
  • Howard Elphinstone (disambiguation), several people including
    • Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC (1829–1890), British Army general
  • James Elphinstone (disambiguation), several people
  • John Elphinstone (1722–1785), British naval officer
  • John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone (1914–1975), British nobleman and army officer
  • Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone (1879–1965), English lawyer, Attorney-General of Ceylon
  • Margaret Elphinstone (born 1948), Scottish writer
  • Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone (1883–1961), British noblewoman
  • Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), Scottish statesman and historian, Lieutenant-Governor of Bombay in British India
  • Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone (d. 1602), Scottish landowner
  • Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone (1869–1955), Governor of the Bank of Scotland
  • William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen
  • William George Keith Elphinstone (1782–1842), British general
  • William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone (1828–1893), Scottish politician

References

References

  1. "Elphinstone Surname". surnamedb.com.
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