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Full Name Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon Born 30 August 1883 ( 1883-08-30 ) Angus, Scotland Parent(s) Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneCecilia Cavendish-Bentinck Spouse Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone (m. 1910) Siblings Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, John Bowes-Lyon Similar People Queen Elizabeth The Quee, Claude Bowes‑Lyon - 14th Earl, Elizabeth II, Cecilia Bowes‑Lyon - Countess, Fergus Bowes‑Lyon |
Mary Frances Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone and Baroness Elphinstone DCVO (born Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon; 30 August 1883 – 8 February 1961) was a maternal aunt and godparent of Elizabeth II.
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Biography
Lady Elphinstone was born The Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon on 30 August 1883 in Angus, Scotland, to Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. She was an elder sister of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later The Queen Mother). She died on 8 February 1961 in Inveresk, Scotland.
Marriage and issue
Lady Mary married Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone (27 July 1869 – 28 November 1955) on 24 July 1910 in Westminster. The couple had five children:
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Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA