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Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone

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Elphinstone Tower, near Airth

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]

References

  1. ^ William Fraser, Elphinstone Family Book, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1897), p. 2.
  2. ^ William Fraser, Elphinstone Family Book, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1897), pp. 87-92.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Alexander Elphinstone
Lord Elphinstone
1513–1547
Succeeded by