Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone

Lady Mary Elphinstone
Born Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon
30 August 1883
Angus, Scotland
Died 8 February 1961 (aged 77)
Inveresk, Scotland
Title Lady Elphinstone
Spouse(s) Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone
Children Mary Elphinstone
John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone
Jean Elphinstone
Andrew Elphinstone
Margaret Elphinstone
Parent(s) Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck

Mary Frances Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone and Baroness Elphinstone DCVO (born Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon; 30 August 1883 8 February 1961) was a maternal aunt and godparent of Elizabeth II.

Biography

Lady Elphinstone was born The Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon on 30 August 1883 in Angus, Scotland, to Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. She was an elder sister of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later The Queen Mother). She died on 8 February 1961 in Inveresk, Scotland.

Marriage and issue

Lady Mary married Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone (27 July 1869 28 November 1955) on 24 July 1910 in Westminster. The couple had five children:

Ancestry

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