The Right Honourable
The Lord Elphinstone
AssocRICS
Personal details
Born
James Alexander Elphinstone

22 April 1953
Died19 December 1994(1994-12-19) (aged 41)
Spouse
Willa Chetwode
​
(m. 1978)​
Children4, including Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone
Parents
  • Rev. Hon. Andrew Elphinstone
  • Jean Hambro
Education

James Alexander Elphinstone, 18th Lord Elphinstone and 4th Baron Elphinstone, AssocRICS (22 April 1953 – 19 December 1994), was a British nobleman, farmer, and financier.[1]

Early life and family

Lord Elphinstone was the son of Rev. Hon. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone and Jean Frances Hambro. His paternal grandparents were Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone, and the former Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Agricultural College.[2]

He was a Professional Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.[2]

Personal life

On 22 April 1978, Lord Elphinstone married Willa Mary Gabrielle Chetwode,[2] daughter of Major George David Chetwode and Lady Willa Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (herself the daughter of Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto, and his wife, Marion Cook). The couple had four children:

  • Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone (b. 15 April 1980); married Nicola J. Hall on 7 July 2007. They have three children.
  • The Honorable Angus John Elphinstone (b. 1982) married Isobel L. Smith on 15 June 2013. They have three children:
    • Albie James Elphinstone (6 August 2015)
    • Edie Dree Elphinstone (11 September 2018)
    • Sienna Grace Elphinstone (23 February 2021)
  • The Honorable Fergus David Elphinstone (b. 1985) married Rosie Davies in 2016. They have one son.
    • Hamish Frederick Elphinstone (2017)
  • The Honorable Clementina Rose Elphinstone (b. 1989) married Oliver William Salusbury Harrison on 30 October 2020.

He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Alexander.

References

  1. ↑ "Lord Elphinstone". The Herald. 16 January 1995. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Burke's Peerage - James Elphinstone, 18th Lord Elphinstone". Retrieved 26 June 2019.


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