Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone
Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone (1511-1547) was a Scottish landowner.
Alexander Elphinstone was the son of Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone, and Elizabeth Barlow, an English gentlewoman in the household of Margaret Tudor.[1]
Alexander became Lord Elphinstone after the death of his father at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513.
Lord Elphinstone died from wounds received at the Battle of Pinkie in September 1547.
Family
Alexander Elphinstone married Katharine Erskine, daughter of Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine, by his wife Isabel Campbell, daughter of Sir John Campbell of Loudoun. Their children included;[2]
- Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone
- Michael Elphinstone (1544-1625), Master of Household to James VI of Scotland
- Elizabeth Elphinstone, who married David Somerville of Plean Castle
- Isobel Elphinstone, who married John Hamilton of Haggs.
- Margaret Elphinstone, who married John Livingstone younger of Dunipace.
- Margery Elphinstone, who married Robert Drummond of Carnock.
References
- ^ William Fraser, Elphinstone Family Book, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1897), p. 2.
- ^ William Fraser, Elphinstone Family Book, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1897), pp. 87-92.