Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone
Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone (died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish peer. He 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. This was a new creation. On the lands of the new barony of Elphinstone a new tower was erected called the tower of Elphinstone, which became the principal messuage of the new barony. It formed the chief residence of the Lords Elphinstone for eight generations of the family down to, and including Charles the ninth Lord.[1]
He was created a Lord of Parliament at the christening of Prince Arthur 1509, and in 1513 had Kildrummy regranted to himself and his wife and united with Innernochty into the Lordship of Elphinstone.
He married Elizabeth Barlow, an English lady attached to the Court of Margaret, Queen Consort of King James IV of Scotland.[2]
Elizabeth Barlow, Lady Elphinstone, later married John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes. Their daughter Euphemia Elphinstone was a mistress of King James V of Scotland and the mother of the royal bastard Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney.[3]
Lord Elphinstone was killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513,[4] along with many other Scottish noblemen, and was succeeded in the lordship by his son Alexander.
References
- ^ "The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar"
- ^ Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage
- ^ Peter D. Anderson, ‘James V, mistresses and children of (act. c.1529–1592)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ A general & heraldic dictionary of the Peerage & Baronetage of the British Empire Vol.I, 4th edit.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- www.thepeerage.com