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Alexander "4th Lord Elphinstone" Elphinstone
(28 May 1552 - 14 Jan 1638)
[[Category: Clan Elphinstone]]
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== Biography ==
}Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone was born on 28 May 1552. He was the son of Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone and Margaret Drummond.
[[#Paul4|Paul - Peerage Vol. IV]]:[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/536/mode/1up p. 536]
He married Jean Livingstone, daughter of William Livingston, 6th Lord Livingston and Agnes Fleming, before 10 August 1579.
In 1577 Alexander's father "understanding his own inability to govern his living, entertain his house and family, bring up his bairns" gave him all his estate. He was made one of the "ordinar gentlemen" of the King's Chamber 15 Oct. 1580.
Elphinstone Charter Chest Alexander sat on the assize for the trial of the Earl of Gowrie in connection with the Raid of Ruthven 4 May 1584.
On 25 Jan. 1593/4 he gave his eldest son the town and burgh of Kildrummy and his son was then known as Lord Kildrummy.
[[#RegMagSig4|Great Seal Vol. 4]]: [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi04scot#page/1/mode/1up/search/kildrummy p. 1]
Alexander was made a member of the reconstituted Privy Council on 10 Apr. 1598 and in the next year, 19 Apr. 1599, he was appointed Lord Treasurer of Scotland, an office which he continued to hold till Sept. 1601.
[[#RPCS1-5|P.C. Reg - Ser. 1 Vol. V]]: [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205800&view=1up&seq=93 p. LXXXI],
[[#RPCS1-5|P.C. Reg - Ser. 1 Vol. V]]: [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205800&view=1up&seq=612&q1=%22Alexander%20elphinstone%22 p. 500],
[[#RPCS1-6|P.C. Reg - Ser. 1 Vol. VI]]:[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205818&view=1up&seq=419 pp. 287-8] On 17 May 1599 he was appointed one of the extraordinary Lords of Session which he held until 1626.
[[#Brunton|Brunton]]: [https://archive.org/stream/anhistoricalacc00haiggoog#page/n291/mode/1up p. 242]
In 1601 the Master of Elphinstone received a royal charter of all the estates which had been given to him in 1597 and the barony of Elphinstone was granted to his father in liferent and to himself in fee and the barony of Kildrummy to himself in liferent and his eldest son in fee.
[[#RegMagSig6|Great Seal Vol. 6]]: [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi06scot#page/401/mode/1up p. 401]
Another royal charter was given in 1586.
[[#FraserElphinstone1|Fraser - Elphinstone Vol I]]: [https://archive.org/stream/elphinstonefamv100fras#page/115/mode/1up p. 115] Alexander was almost 50 years old before he succeeded his father in 1602 as the 4th Lord Elphinstone.
In Apr. 1604 and again in August 1607 he was appointed a lord of the articles upon the opening of Parliament and one of the commissioners for the union on 11 July 1604.
Acta Parl. Scot- Vol. IV, pp.261-4, 367
In 1587 the Earl of Mar obtained an Act of Parliament giving him the right to the lands of Mar and Garioch and obtained a charter 3 Feb. 1620 to the Earldom of Mar and lordship of Garioch in which the Kildrummy estates were included. The judges held that these estates were not in the lawful possession of King James IV when he granted them to the first Lord Elphinstone.
Acta Parl. Scot.- III, 475; Reg. Mag. Sig. In 1626 he won the case against Alexander and his son and obtained Kildrummy on the grounds that they had not been King James IV's to grant when he did so to the 1st Lord Elphinstone, but he had to pay 48,000 marks to obtain possession of the lands.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Elphinstone on 18 May 1602.
Child of Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone
*Christian Elphinstone
Children of Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone and Jean Livingstone
*Agnes Elphinstone d. 18 Sep 1617
*Jean Elphinstone
*Alexander Elphinstone, 5th Lord Elphinstone+2 d. 1649
*James Elphinstone
*Margaret Elphinstone
*Helen Elphinstone
Alexander died 11 Jan 1638 and his will was registered on 7 Mar 1638.
[[#GrantStirling|Grant - Stirling]]:[https://archive.org/stream/commissariotreco26stir#page/53/mode/1up p. 53]
== Sources ==
* Brunton, George, "An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice from its Institution in MDXXXII", Edinbufgh: Saunders & Benning, 1832
* [[Wikipedia:William_Fraser_(historian)|Fraser, Sir William]]. "The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar", Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh university press, 1897, Vol. I
* Grant, Francis James, "Commissariot Record of Stirling, Register of Testaments, 1607-1800", Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, LTD, 1904
* Masson, David, ''[[Space:The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland|The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland]]'', First Series, Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1882, Vol. V
* Masson, David, ''[[Space:The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland|The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland]]'', First Series, Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1884, Vol. VI
* [[Paul-7288|Paul, James Balfour]]. "[[Space:The Scots Peerage|The Scots Peerage]] : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1907, Vol. IV
* Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum : The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1546-1580 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1886, Vol. 4.
* Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum : The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1546-1580 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1890, Vol. 6.
----*Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage- Charles Mosley, Ed., Burke's Peerage Ltd., 2003- Vol. I, p. 1313*The Complete Baronetage- George Edward Cokayne Ed., Gloucester, 1900- Vol. II, p. 417*The Scottish Nation- William Anderson, A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, 1880*The Scots Peerage- Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., Douglas & Co., Edinburgh, 1904- Vol.III, pp.536-40*Paul, Sir James Balfour (ed) [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/536/mode/2up The Scots Peerage Vol III] (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1905)
See also:
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p1014.htm#i10132 The Peerage: Alexander Elphinstone]
*BP2003 volume 1, page 1313. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
*BP2003. [S37]
*George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 417. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
}
== Biography ==
}Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone was born on 28 May 1552. He was the son of Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone and Margaret Drummond.
[[#Paul4|Paul - Peerage Vol. IV]]:[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/536/mode/1up p. 536]
He married Jean Livingstone, daughter of William Livingston, 6th Lord Livingston and Agnes Fleming, before 10 August 1579.
In 1577 Alexander's father "understanding his own inability to govern his living, entertain his house and family, bring up his bairns" gave him all his estate. He was made one of the "ordinar gentlemen" of the King's Chamber 15 Oct. 1580.
Elphinstone Charter Chest Alexander sat on the assize for the trial of the Earl of Gowrie in connection with the Raid of Ruthven 4 May 1584.
On 25 Jan. 1593/4 he gave his eldest son the town and burgh of Kildrummy and his son was then known as Lord Kildrummy.
[[#RegMagSig4|Great Seal Vol. 4]]: [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi04scot#page/1/mode/1up/search/kildrummy p. 1]
Alexander was made a member of the reconstituted Privy Council on 10 Apr. 1598 and in the next year, 19 Apr. 1599, he was appointed Lord Treasurer of Scotland, an office which he continued to hold till Sept. 1601.
[[#RPCS1-5|P.C. Reg - Ser. 1 Vol. V]]: [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205800&view=1up&seq=93 p. LXXXI],
[[#RPCS1-5|P.C. Reg - Ser. 1 Vol. V]]: [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205800&view=1up&seq=612&q1=%22Alexander%20elphinstone%22 p. 500],
[[#RPCS1-6|P.C. Reg - Ser. 1 Vol. VI]]:[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205818&view=1up&seq=419 pp. 287-8] On 17 May 1599 he was appointed one of the extraordinary Lords of Session which he held until 1626.
[[#Brunton|Brunton]]: [https://archive.org/stream/anhistoricalacc00haiggoog#page/n291/mode/1up p. 242]
In 1601 the Master of Elphinstone received a royal charter of all the estates which had been given to him in 1597 and the barony of Elphinstone was granted to his father in liferent and to himself in fee and the barony of Kildrummy to himself in liferent and his eldest son in fee.
[[#RegMagSig6|Great Seal Vol. 6]]: [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi06scot#page/401/mode/1up p. 401]
Another royal charter was given in 1586.
[[#FraserElphinstone1|Fraser - Elphinstone Vol I]]: [https://archive.org/stream/elphinstonefamv100fras#page/115/mode/1up p. 115] Alexander was almost 50 years old before he succeeded his father in 1602 as the 4th Lord Elphinstone.
In Apr. 1604 and again in August 1607 he was appointed a lord of the articles upon the opening of Parliament and one of the commissioners for the union on 11 July 1604.
Acta Parl. Scot- Vol. IV, pp.261-4, 367
In 1587 the Earl of Mar obtained an Act of Parliament giving him the right to the lands of Mar and Garioch and obtained a charter 3 Feb. 1620 to the Earldom of Mar and lordship of Garioch in which the Kildrummy estates were included. The judges held that these estates were not in the lawful possession of King James IV when he granted them to the first Lord Elphinstone.
Acta Parl. Scot.- III, 475; Reg. Mag. Sig. In 1626 he won the case against Alexander and his son and obtained Kildrummy on the grounds that they had not been King James IV's to grant when he did so to the 1st Lord Elphinstone, but he had to pay 48,000 marks to obtain possession of the lands.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Elphinstone on 18 May 1602.
Child of Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone
*Christian Elphinstone
Children of Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone and Jean Livingstone
*Agnes Elphinstone d. 18 Sep 1617
*Jean Elphinstone
*Alexander Elphinstone, 5th Lord Elphinstone+2 d. 1649
*James Elphinstone
*Margaret Elphinstone
*Helen Elphinstone
Alexander died 11 Jan 1638 and his will was registered on 7 Mar 1638.
[[#GrantStirling|Grant - Stirling]]:[https://archive.org/stream/commissariotreco26stir#page/53/mode/1up p. 53]
== Sources ==
* Brunton, George, "An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice from its Institution in MDXXXII", Edinbufgh: Saunders & Benning, 1832
* [[Wikipedia:William_Fraser_(historian)|Fraser, Sir William]]. "The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar", Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh university press, 1897, Vol. I
* Grant, Francis James, "Commissariot Record of Stirling, Register of Testaments, 1607-1800", Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, LTD, 1904
* Masson, David, ''[[Space:The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland|The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland]]'', First Series, Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1882, Vol. V
* Masson, David, ''[[Space:The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland|The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland]]'', First Series, Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1884, Vol. VI
* [[Paul-7288|Paul, James Balfour]]. "[[Space:The Scots Peerage|The Scots Peerage]] : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1907, Vol. IV
* Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum : The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1546-1580 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1886, Vol. 4.
* Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum : The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1546-1580 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1890, Vol. 6.
----*Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage- Charles Mosley, Ed., Burke's Peerage Ltd., 2003- Vol. I, p. 1313*The Complete Baronetage- George Edward Cokayne Ed., Gloucester, 1900- Vol. II, p. 417*The Scottish Nation- William Anderson, A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, 1880*The Scots Peerage- Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., Douglas & Co., Edinburgh, 1904- Vol.III, pp.536-40*Paul, Sir James Balfour (ed) [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/536/mode/2up The Scots Peerage Vol III] (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1905)
See also:
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p1014.htm#i10132 The Peerage: Alexander Elphinstone]
*BP2003 volume 1, page 1313. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
*BP2003. [S37]
*George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 417. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
Events
| Birth | 28 May 1552 | Scotland | |||
| Death | 14 Jan 1638 | Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 2386892 | ||||
| Reference No | 2419160 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Robert "3rd Lord Elphinstone" Elphinstone (1530 - 1602) |
| Mother | Margaret Drummond (1528 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Elphinstone (1561 - 1613) |
| Sibling | John Elphinstone (1553 - 1614) |
| Sibling | Janet Elphinstone (1556 - ) |
| Sibling | Sir James Elphinstone (1557 - 1612) |
| Sibling | Agnes Elphinstone (1559 - 1594) |