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Robert Elphinstone 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

Father: Alexander Tolquhoun

Mother: Catherine Erskine

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Robert Elphinstone Lord Elphinstone was born in 1530 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun And Catherine Erskine. Robert Elphinstone Lord Elphinstone passed away in 1602 in Elphinstone, East Lothian, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Elphinstone Lord Elphinstone was born in 1530 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun And Catherine Erskine.
  • Robert Elphinstone Lord Elphinstone passed away in 1602 in Elphinstone, East Lothian, , Scotland.

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Robert Elphinstone's Ancestors

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Robert Elphinstone
1530–1602
Birth Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Forbes, 6th Laird Van Tolquhoun
1500–1547
Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine Erskine
1507–1572
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander (Elphinstone Lord) Elphinstone
1480–1513
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Berkeley
1476–1518
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Robert 3rd Lord Erskine John I) Erskine*
1458–1513
Mar Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel (Elizabeth Glenorch) Campbell
1462–1516
Eglingham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Elphinstone's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 September 1530
    Event Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1602
    Event Place: Elphinstone, East Lothian, , Scotland

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