Alexander Elphinstone

- 1513

• Name	Alexander Elphinstone  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Sep 1513	Flodden Field, Northumberland, England   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I21872	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	John Elphinstone,   b. of Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. Bef 19 Oct 1508
  Mother	Euphemia
  Family ID	F12969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Barlow   d. Bef 13 Feb 1523
  Marriage	Bef 8 Aug 1507  [4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Euphemia Elphinstone,   b. 11 May 1509   d. Aft 1564 (Age > 56 years)
  Family ID	F12968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Created Lord Elphinstone at the baptism of Prince Arthur, about November 1509. Died at the battle of Flodden Field. "Alexander Elphinstone received a grant from his father in 1497 of the lands of Stirkfield and Stirckshaws. He married, prior to 8 August 1507, Elizabeth Barlow, one of the Maids-of-honour who had come from England in the train of the Princess Margaret, Queen of James IV. He had ample opportunity of meeting her, as he held an appointment in the Royal Household so early as 1502; at least a person of his name is found frequently mentioned in the accounts of the period. Elizabeth Barlow or Barlee, as she is styled in the Treasurer's Accounts, was a favourite attendant of the Queen and it was in a great measure to this marriage that Alexander Elphinstone owed his future advancement in life and the many favours which were conferred on him by the King. On 8 August 1507 James granted to the pair, who were probably then newly wedded, the lands of Invernochty and others in Aberdeenshire, and erected them into a barony. There appears to have been some difficulty about the arrangement or consolidation of the diiferent lands, and on 10 December 1507 another charter was granted, and a re-arrangement made by which all the lands in the said barony were comprised in the lordship of Strathdon. On 19 July 1508 Elphinstone and his wife received a charter of the lands of Kildrummy and others, with the custody of the castle of that name. They are said, in a charter of 12 August 1513, to have been given as a dowry with his wife, and were then erected into a barony, with which his previous holding of Invernochty was incorporated. He also acquired other lands; he had, on 19 June 1510, a grant of Gargunnock, Oarnock, and Plean in Stirlingshire, Fordel in Fife, and Dunlugas in Banff. He also had, on 24 August 1512, a charter of the lands of Quarrell, co. Stirling, which were united to the barony of Elphinstone. On the occasion of the death of Prince Arthur, the King, by charter dated 14 January 1509-10, created Alexander Elphinstone a Lord of Parliament under the title of Lord Elphinstone. He did not enjoy his newly acquired honours long, as he fell with the King at Flodden 9 September 1513." {The Scots Peerage, citation details below] Alexander Elphinstone (d. 1513) = Elizabeth Barlow (d. 1523) Alexander Elphinstone (1510-1547) = Katherine Erskine (b. 1506) Robert Elphinstone (1530-1602) = Margaret Drummond Alexander Elphinstone (1552-1638) = Jean Livingston (d. 1621) James Elphinstone (1580-1628) = Helen Forbes Alexander Elphinstone (d. 1654) = Lilias Elphinstone (1613-1675) John Elphinstone (1649-1718) = Isabel Maitland (d. 1706) Elizabeth Elphinstone (1673-1708) = John Campbell (d. 1729) Anne Campbell (d. 1785) = Archibald Edmonstone (d. 1768) Archibald Edmondstone (1717-1807) = Susanna Mary Harenc (d. 1776) Charles Edmonstone (1764-1821) = Louisa Hotham (1778-1840) William Edmonstone (1810-1888) = Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1823-1902) Alice Frederica Edmonstone (1869-1947) * = George Keppel (1865-1947) Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900-1986) = Roland Calvert Cubitt (1899-1962) Rosalind Maud Cubitt (1921-1994) = Bruce Middleton Hope Shand (1917-1946) Camilla Rosemary Shand (1947- ), = (1) Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (1939- ), = (2) HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur George (1948- ), now Charles III, King of England * She is known to have been a mistress of King Edward VII from 1898 forward. Also: Alexander Elphinstone (d. 1513) = Elizabeth Barlow (d. 1523) Alexander Elphinstone (1510-1547) = Katherine Erskine (b. 1506) Robert Elphinstone (1530-1602) = Margaret Drummond Alexander Elphinstone (1552-1638) = Jean Livingston (d. 1621) Alexander Elphinstone (1577-1607) = Elizabeth Drummond (d. 1637) Lilias Elphinstone (1613-1675) = Alexander Elphinstone (d. 1654) John Elphinstone (1649-1718) = Isabel Maitland (d. 1706) Elizabeth Elphinstone (1673-1708) = John Campbell (d. 1729) Anne Campbell (d. 1785) = Archibald Edmonstone (d. 1768) Archibald Edmondstone (1717-1807) = Susanna Mary Harenc (d. 1776) Charles Edmonstone (1764-1821) = Louisa Hotham (1778-1840) William Edmonstone (1810-1888) = Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1823-1902) Alice Frederica Edmonstone (1869-1947) * = George Keppel (1865-1947) Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900-1986) = Roland Calvert Cubitt (1899-1962) Rosalind Maud Cubitt (1921-1994) = Bruce Middleton Hope Shand (1917-1946) Camilla Rosemary Shand (1947- ), = (1) Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (1939- ), = (2) HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur George (1948- ), now Charles III, King of England

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011. [S8002] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland by John Burke and John Bernard Burke. Second edition. London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1841. [S376] Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy. [S2676] The Elphinstone Family Book of the Lords Elphinstone, Balmerino, and Coupar by William Fraser. Edinburgh, 1897. [S800] The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom. Ed. James Balfour Paul. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904-1914.