Title 16th Lord Elphinstone Name Sidney 16th | Died November 28, 1955 Children Margaret Rhodes | |
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Full Name Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone Born 27 July 1869 ( 1869-07-27 ) Spouse Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone (m. 1910) Parents William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone Similar People Mary Elphinstone - Lady Elp, Queen Elizabeth The Quee, Claude Bowes‑Lyon - 14th Earl, Cecilia Bowes‑Lyon - Countess, Margaret Rhodes |
Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone and 2nd Baron Elphinstone, (27 July 1869 – 28 November 1955) was a Scottish nobleman.
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Biography
The son of William, 15th Lord Elphinstone and Lady Constance Murray (daughter of the Earl of Dunmore) he was born at Carberry Tower south-east of Edinburgh.
Sidney was educated at Marlborough College and succeeded his father in 1893.
Lord Elphinstone was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1923 and 1924, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet from 1944 until his death. He was invested as a Knight of the Thistle in 1927 and was Chancellor of the Order from 1949. He was Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers from 1935 until 1953 and was Governor of the Bank of Scotland 1924–1955.
In 1938 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). His proposers were Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan, Sir Thomas Henry Holland, James Pickering Kendall and James Watt.
Marriage and issue
Lord Elphinstone married Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, sister of the Queen Mother, on 24 July 1910 in Westminster. The couple had five children:
Scrap book
Lord Elphinstone's Scrap book, which is held in the Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, provides a list of the clans of Scotland with the badges of distinction used by them. This rare book includes textile samples of clan tartans along with watercolour illustrations of clan flowers. Elphinstone was at one time a Trustee and Commissioner of Manufacturers in Scotland. The Scrap book can be viewed in the Digital Collections of the Clark Library.