Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone and 5th Baron Elphinstone (born 15 April 1980), is a Scottish peer in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Lord Elphinstone | |
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| Born | 15 April 1980 |
| Spouse |
Nicola Hall (m. 2007) |
| Children | 3 |
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Early life and family edit
Lord Elphinstone is the son of James Elphinstone, 18th Lord Elphinstone, and Willa Mary Gabrielle Chetwode.[1] His mother is the daughter of Major George David Chetwode and Lady Willa Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, daughter of Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto.
He is a great-great-grandson of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and a great-grandnephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Lord Elphinstone's paternal grandfather, Rev. Hon. Andrew Elphinstone, was a first cousin of Elizabeth II through his mother, the former Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, who was an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
He was educated at Belhaven Hill School, Eton College, Newcastle University (BSc), and the SOAS, University of London.[2]
Personal life edit
He married Nicola J. Hall on 7 July 2007 at Holy Trinity Church, Penn, in Buckinghamshire.[3] The couple have three children:
- Hon. Isla Elizabeth Elphinstone (b. 2008)
- Jago Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone (b. 2011)
- The Hon. Rafe Mountstuart Elphinstone (b. 2015).[4]
References edit
- ^ "Elphinstone". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Burkes Peerage and Baronetage (2003), s.v. Elphinstone, Lord, Chief of Elphinstone.
- ^ "Burke's Peerage – Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Hon Rafe Mountstuart Elphinstone (born 2015)". Peerage News. 30 January 2015.
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