Individual Details

Alexander "2nd Lord Elphinstone" Elphinstone

(22 May 1510 - 10 Sep 1547)

[[Category:Killed in Battle]]
[[Category:Battle of Pinkie Cleugh]]
[[Category: Clan Elphinstone]]
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== Biography ==
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}Three-year-old Alexander Elphinstone II was named heir to his father 27 Oct. 1513 in virtue of an Act passed shortly before the battle of Flodden whereby the heirs of those who might fall in the war should be free from the casualties of ward, relief and marriage.(1) William Ellphinstone, canon of Aberdeen was appointed his tutor 28 Nov. 1516 an office which he had resigned before 11 Oct. 1520 in favor of Robert Elphinstone. There was considerable litigation between Robert Calendar of Manor and one of the curators of the young Lord, and Robert Elphinstone the tutor who was unwilling to give up his office thinking that undue influence would be brought to bear upon his pupil. On 18 Dec. 1524 the Lords of Council found that it had been: "clearlie proved that he is past the age of fourteen years and out of tutorie in April last."(2) Alexander's name is found in the sederunts of the Parliaments held in 1528, 1540, 1541, 1545, 1546 and in the sederunt of Lords of Council 26 Jan. 1531.(3) He joined the army summoned by Arran to resist the invasion of the English under the Duke of Somerset and was killed at the battle of Pinkie Cleugh 10 Sept. 1547.

== Sources ==

*(1) Elphinstone Charter Chest
*(2) Acta Dom. Conc.- XXXV
*(3) Acta Parl. Scot.
*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.531-4
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Elphinstone From Wikipedia page on Lord Elphinstone]
* [[Wikipedia:Alexander_Elphinstone,_2nd_Lord_Elphinstone|Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone]]

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Events

Birth22 May 1510Elphinstone, Haddingtonshire, Stirling, Scotland
Marriage20 Nov 1525Scotland - Katherine Erskine
Death10 Sep 1547Pinkie Cleugh, Musselburgh‎, ‎Lothian‎, Scotland
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Families

SpouseKatherine Erskine (1506 - 1552)
ChildRobert "3rd Lord Elphinstone" Elphinstone (1530 - 1602)
ChildJohn Elphinstone (1526 - )
ChildSir Michael Elphinstone (1528 - )
ChildMargaret Elphinstone (1528 - 1589)
ChildMarjorie Elphinstone (1531 - )
ChildJanet Elphinstone (1532 - )
ChildIsabel Elphinstone (1532 - 1600)
ChildJames "of Innerdovat" Elphinstone (1539 - 1611)
ChildWilliam Elphinstone (1544 - )
FatherAlexander Elphinstone (1480 - 1513)
MotherElizabeth Barlow (1476 - 1518)
SiblingAlexander Elphinstone (1510 - 1547)
SiblingEuphemia Elphinstone (1509 - 1547)