Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone
The Lord Elphinstone | |
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Born | 15 April 1980 |
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Nicola Hall (m. 2007) |
Children | 3 |
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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.
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. The couple have three children.
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.
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Nobility from East Lothian
- People educated at Belhaven Hill School
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Newcastle University
- Alumni of SOAS University of London
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Elphinstone family
- Lords Elphinstone
- Lord of Parliament stubs
- Peerage of the United Kingdom baron stubs
- Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999