Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone

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

Biography

The son of the 15th Lord Elphinstone and Constance, daughter of the 6th Earl of Dunmore, he 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.

Marriage and issue

Lord Elphinstone married Mary Bowes-Lyon, sister of Queen Elizabeth 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)
• The Hon. John Alexander Elphinstone, later 17th Lord Elphinstone (22 March 1914 – 15 November 1975)
• The Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone (3 April 1915 – 29 November 1999), married Captain John Wills and had issue
• The Revd and Hon. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone (10 November 1918 – 19 March 1975), married Jean Hambro and had issue
• The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (born 9 June 1925), married Denys Rhodes and had issue