Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone
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(1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 45)
The Lord Elphinstone | |
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| Member of the House of Lords [a] | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 19 December 1994 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 18th Lord Elphinstone |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [b] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone (1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 45) |
| Political party | Crossbencher |
| Spouse |
Nicola Hall (m. 2007) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Education | |
Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone, 5th Baron Elphinstone (born 15 April 1980), is a Scottish peer in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 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
He married Nicola J. Hall on 7 July 2007 at Holy Trinity Church, Penn, in Buckinghamshire. The couple have three children.
Notes
- ↑ As Baron Elphinstone.
- ↑ Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
- ↑ "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.
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded by | Lord Elphinstone 1994–present |
Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Jago Elphinstone |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Elphinstone 1994–present Member of the House of Lords (1994–1999) |
Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Jago Elphinstone |
Sorted by granting monarch | ||
| King James II |  | |
| King James III | ||
| King James IV | ||
| Queen Mary I | ||
| King James VI | ||
| King Charles I | ||
| King Charles II | ||
| King William II & Queen Mary II | ||
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds a previously listed lordship of greater precedence ^* Also a Baron in the Peerage of England ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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