Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone

The Lord Elphinstone
Elphinstone as caricatured in Vanity Fair in May 1911.
Born	Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone 27 July 1869
Died	28 November 1955 (aged 86)
Title	16th Lord Elphinstone
Spouse(s)	Mary Bowes-Lyon
Children	Mary Elphinstone John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone Jean Elphinstone Andrew Elphinstone Margaret Elphinstone
Parent(s)	William, Lord Elphinstone Lady Constance Murray

Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone and 2nd Baron Elphinstone, KT FRSE FRSGS (27 July 1869 – 28 November 1955) was a Scottish nobleman.

Biography

Lord Elphinstone's bookplate, engraved by Charles William Sherborn

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.^[1]

Sidney was educated at Marlborough College and succeeded his father in 1893.^[2]

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^[3] 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.^[2]

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.^[4]

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:

• The Hon. Mary Elizabeth Elphinstone (1 July 1911 – 16 May 1980). She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 3 May 1923.^[5]
• John Alexander Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone (22 March 1914 – 15 November 1975)
• The Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone (3 April 1915 – 29 November 1999), married Captain John Wills. Their daughter Marilyn is a god-daughter of Princess Margaret and was a bridesmaid at her 1960 wedding.^[6]
• The Hon. and Rev. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone (10 November 1918 – 19 March 1975), married Jean Hambro and had issue. His wife was a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II ^[7]
• The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (9 June 1925 - 25 November 2016), married Denys Rhodes and had issue. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding in 1947 of The Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip (now the Duke of Edinburgh).

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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone

16. Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone               8. The Hon. William Elphinstone                       17. Lady Clementina Fleming               4. James Fuller-Elphinstone                             18. William Fullerton               9. Elizabeth Fullerton                       19. Isabel Johnston               2. William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone                                   20. John Buller               10. Sir Edward Buller, 1st Baronet, of Trenant Park                       21. Mary St Aubyn               5. Anna Maria Buller                             22. Philip van Cortlandt               11. Gertrude van Cortlandt                       23. Catherine Ogden               1. Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone                                         24. John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore               12. George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore                       25. Lady Charlotte Stewart               6. Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore                             26. Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton               13. Lady Susan Hamilton                       27. Lady Harriet Stewart               3. Lady Constance Murray                                   28. Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke               14. George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke                       29. Lady Elizabeth Spencer               7. Lady Catherine Herbert                             30. Count Semyon Vorontsov               15. Countess Catherine Vorontsova                       31. Ekaterina Senyavina

References

1. BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
2. ELPHINSTONE, 16th Lord, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
3. The London Gazette: no. 33302. p. 5258. 12 August 1927.
4. BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
5. Daily Telegraph: royal wedding photograph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/9176069/The-Queen-Mother-in-pictures.html?frame=2181538
6. Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Royal Godchildren
7. Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Attendants

External links

• Lord Elphinstone's Scrap Book containing tartan samples and watercolors of clan flowers. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection