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(2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone 1511–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 May 1511

Birth Location: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 September 1547

Death Location: Pinkie

Father: (1e Elphinstone

Mother: Elizabeth Barlow

Spouse(s): Katherine Erskine, Dame Campbell

Children(s): James Elphinstone, Marjorie Elphinstone, Alexander Elphinstone, Elisabeth Elphinstone, Isabella Elphinstone, Janet Elphinstone, John Elphinstone, Michael Elphinstone, (3e Elphinstone, William Elphinstone, Margaret Elphinston, Sir Merchiston

In 1511, (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone entered the world in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to 1E Lord Alexander Elphinstone And Elizabeth Barlow. (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone married Dame Annabell Margaret Lady Capringtoun Campbell, Katherine Lady Erskine Renfrewshire Erskine, and had children including 3E Lord Robert Elphinstone, Alexander Elphinstone, Elisabeth Elphinstone, Isabella Elphinstone, James Elphinstone, Janet Elphinstone, John Elphinstone, Margaret Elphinston, Marjorie Elphinstone, Michael Elphinstone, Sir Archibald Lennox Milliken Napier 7Th Laird Of Merchiston, William Elphinstone. (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone passed away in 1547 in Pinkie.

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Biography

  • In 1511, (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone entered the world in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to 1E Lord Alexander Elphinstone And Elizabeth Barlow.
  • (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone married Dame Annabell Margaret Lady Capringtoun Campbell, Katherine Lady Erskine Renfrewshire Erskine, and had children including 3E Lord Robert Elphinstone, Alexander Elphinstone, Elisabeth Elphinstone, Isabella Elphinstone, James Elphinstone, Janet Elphinstone, John Elphinstone, Margaret Elphinston, Marjorie Elphinstone, Michael Elphinstone, Sir Archibald Lennox Milliken Napier 7Th Laird Of Merchiston, William Elphinstone.
  • (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone passed away in 1547 in Pinkie.

Immediate Family

Parents

(1e Elphinstone
–1513
Birth Location: –
(E
Elizabeth Barlow
–1518
Birth Location: England, England, United Kingdom
EB

Spouses(s)

Katherine Erskine
1506–1552
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
KE
Dame Campbell
1514–1575
Birth Location: Glenwichy, Scottland, Scotland, United Kingdom
DC

Children(s)

James Elphinstone
1538–1570
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
JE
Marjorie Elphinstone
1533–
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
ME
Alexander Elphinstone
1540–1584
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
AE
Elisabeth Elphinstone
1537–
Birth Location: Elphinstone, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
EE
Isabella Elphinstone
1533–
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
IE
Janet Elphinstone
1534–1589
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JE
John Elphinstone
1536–1616
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
JE
Michael Elphinstone
1544–1625
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
ME
(3e Elphinstone
1530–1602
Birth Location: Port Elphinstone, Scotland, United Kingdom
(E
William Elphinstone
1544–1600
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
WE
Margaret Elphinston
1528–1589
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
ME
Sir Merchiston
1534–1608
Birth Location: Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
SM

(2e Elphinstone's Ancestors

Self
(2e Elphinstone
1511–1547
Birth Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
(1e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone
–1513
Elizabeth Barlow
–1518
England, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

(2e Elphinstone's Descendants

1.
(E
(2e (Lord)Alexander) Elphinstone (22 May 1511–10 September 1547) m. Katherine (Lady Erskine Renfrewshire) Erskine (1506–5 July 1552) m. Dame (Annabell Margaret Lady Capringtoun) Campbell (1514–20 June 1575)
  1. 1. James Elphinstone 1538–1570
  2. 2. Marjorie Elphinstone 1533–
  3. 3. Alexander Elphinstone 1540–1584
  4. 4. Elisabeth Elphinstone 1537–
  5. 5. Isabella Elphinstone 1533–
  6. 6. Janet Elphinstone 1534–1589
  7. 7. John Elphinstone 1536–1616
  8. 8. Michael Elphinstone 1544–1625
  9. 9. (3e (Lord)Robert) Elphinstone 1530–1602
  10. 10. William Elphinstone 1544–1600
  11. 11. Margaret Elphinston 1528–1589
  12. 12. Sir (Archibald Lennox Milliken Napier, 7th Laird of) Merchiston 1534–1608 m. Janet Bothwell 1534–1563
    1. 1. John (Inventor of Longarithms 8th Lord) Napier 1550–1617
    2. 2. Anna Napier 1550–1656

(2e Elphinstone's Timeline

2 Records

1511
22 May 1511
Birth of (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1547
10 September 1547
Age 36
Death of (2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone in Pinkie
Pinkie

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 May 1511
    Event Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 September 1547
    Event Place: Pinkie
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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