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Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone 1552–1638 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 May 1552

Birth Location: Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 14 January 1638

Death Location: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Stirlingshire

Mother: Margaret Innerpeffry

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Agnes Gordon

Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone was born in 1552 in Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Elphinstone 3Rd Lord Elphinstone 3Rd Baron Of Stirlingshire And Margaret Agnes Drummond Of Innerpeffry. Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone had children including Agnes Anna Elphinstone Gordon. Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone passed away in 1638 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone was born in 1552 in Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Elphinstone 3Rd Lord Elphinstone 3Rd Baron Of Stirlingshire And Margaret Agnes Drummond Of Innerpeffry.
  • Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone had children including Agnes Anna Elphinstone Gordon.
  • Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone passed away in 1638 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Stirlingshire
1530–1602
Birth Location: Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland
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Margaret Innerpeffry
1528–1590
Birth Location: Innerpeffray, Perth, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Agnes Gordon
1579–1617
Birth Location: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland
AG

Sir Elphinstone's Ancestors

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Sir Elphinstone
1552–1638
Birth Place: Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord ROBERT ELPHINSTONE, 3rd Lord Elphinstone, 3rd Baron of Stirlingshire
1530–1602
Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland
Margaret (Agnes Drummond, of) Innerpeffry
1528–1590
Innerpeffray, Perth, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (ALEXANDER II Francis ELPHINSTONE, 2nd Lord Elphinstone, 2nd Baron of) Sterlingshire
1510–1547
Elphinstone Tower, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Lady (Katherine\Catherine Catharina Erskine-Elphinstone-van Renfrewshire, of) Renfrewshire
1510–1552
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Elphinstone's Descendants

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Sir (Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron) Elphinstone (28 May 1552–14 January 1638)
  1. 1. Agnes (Anna Elphinstone) Gordon 1579–1617 m. John (Thomas Earl of) sutherland 1576–1615
    1. 1. Sir (John Thomas Gordon, 14th Earl of) Sutherland, 1609–1679 m. Jean ((Jein) Drummond (Countess Sutherland)) Lady 1609–1637
      1. 1. Jean (Gordon) Sutherland 1634–1691 m. George (Chalmer Minister of) Rhynie 1637–1660
        1. 1. George, (Minister of Drumblade,) Chalmers 1655–1727 m. Elizabeth (Gordon of) Rothiemay 1645–1692

Sir Elphinstone's Timeline

2 Records

1552
28 May 1552
Birth of Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone in Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland
Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland
1638
14 January 1638
Age 86
Death of Sir Knight ALEXANDER ELPHINSTONE, 4th Lord Baron Elphinstone in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1552
    Event Place: Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 January 1638
    Event Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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