Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone

The Right Honourable The Lord Elphinstone
Personal details
Born	(1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 45)
Spouse	Nicola Hall ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3
Parents	James Elphinstone, 18th Lord Elphinstone Willa Chetwode
Relatives	Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone (great-grandmother) Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (great-great-grandfather) Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (great-grandaunt)
Education	Belhaven Hill School Eton College Newcastle University (BSc) SOAS, University of London

Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone and 5th Baron Elphinstone (born 15 April 1980), is a Scottish peer in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Early life and family

Lord Elphinstone is the son of James Elphinstone, 18th Lord Elphinstone, and Willa Mary Gabrielle Chetwode. ^[1] His mother is the daughter of Major George David Chetwode and Lady Willa Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, daughter of Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 5th Earl of Minto.

He is a great-great-grandson of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and a great-grandnephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Lord Elphinstone's paternal grandfather, Rev. Hon. Andrew Elphinstone, was a first cousin of Elizabeth II through his mother, the former Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, who was an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

He was educated at Belhaven Hill School, Eton College, Newcastle University (BSc), and the SOAS, University of London. ^[2]

Personal life

He married Nicola J. Hall on 7 July 2007 at Holy Trinity Church, Penn, in Buckinghamshire. The couple have three children.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[ self-published source ][ better source needed ]}

1. "Elphinstone" . Who's Who . Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 March 2016.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Burkes Peerage and Baronetage (2003), s.v. Elphinstone, Lord, Chief of Elphinstone.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by James Elphinstone	Lord Elphinstone 1994–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Jago Elphinstone
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Elphinstone	Baron Elphinstone 1994–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Jago Elphinstone