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Robert Lord Elphinstone 1530–1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 September 1530

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

Death Date: 18 May 1602

Death Location: Elphinstone, East, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander Elphinstone

Mother: Catharina Erskine

Spouse(s): Margaret Drummond

Children(s): Alexander Elphinstone

The story of Robert Lord Elphinstone began in 1530 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom. Robert Lord Elphinstone married Margaret Drummond, and had children including Alexander 4Th Lord Elphinstone. Robert Lord Elphinstone passed away in 1602 in Elphinstone, East, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Lord Elphinstone began in 1530 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Robert Lord Elphinstone married Margaret Drummond, and had children including Alexander 4Th Lord Elphinstone.
  • Robert Lord Elphinstone passed away in 1602 in Elphinstone, East, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Elphinstone
1510–1547
Birth Location: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Catharina Erskine
1510–1552
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Drummond
1528–1568
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Alexander Elphinstone
1552–1638
Birth Location: Elphinstone (Stirlingshire) England, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Robert Elphinstone's Ancestors

Self
Robert Elphinstone
1530–1602
Birth Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander II Lord Elphinstone
1510–1547
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catharina Erskine
1510–1552
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander (Elphinstone 1st) Baron
1480–1513
Elphinstone, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Barlow
1476–1518
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sir (Lord Earl John II Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Mar, , 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of) Mar
1500–1555
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Erskine
1462–1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Elphinstone's Descendants

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Robert (Lord) Elphinstone (9 September 1530–18 May 1602) m. Margaret Drummond (1528–1568)
  1. 1. Alexander (4th Lord) Elphinstone 1552–1638 m. Jean (Clencoe) Livingstone 1555–1622
    1. 1. Jane (Jean Elphinstone) Lady 1582–1628 m. Arthur (Thomas de Forbes Baron 10th Lord) Forbes 1581–1641
      1. 1. Barbara (Forbes) Lady 1607–1667 m. George (2nd Earl of Seaforth) MacKenzie 1608–1651
        1. 1. Kenneth (Mor MacKenzie 3rd Earl) Seaforth 1629–1678 m. Isabel Erskine 1633–1714

Robert Elphinstone's Timeline

2 Records

1530
9 September 1530
Birth of Robert Lord Elphinstone in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1602
18 May 1602
Age 72
Death of Robert Lord Elphinstone in Elphinstone, East, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elphinstone, East, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 September 1530
    Event Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1602
    Event Place: Elphinstone, East, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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