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Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone

b. 6 August 1711, d. 2 April 1781

Charles 10th Lord Elphinstone

Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone, was born on 6 August 1711 in Elphinstone, Airth, Stirlingshire.

Father

Charles Elphinstone, 9th Lord Elphinstone (b. 6 December 1676, d. 20 February 1757)

Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone, and Clementina ("the Heiress") Fleming were married on 14 October 1735.^1,2,3,4

Son	Charles Elphinstone (d. 13 April 1758)
Daughter	William Fullerton-Elphinstone
Daughter	Eleanor Elphinstone
Son	John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone+ (b. 26 January 1737, d. 19 August 1794)
Son	Viscount George Keith Elphinstone, Admiral of the Blue (b. 7 January 1746)

Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone, died on 2 April 1781 at age 69 in Edinburgh.

[S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 32; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 563.
[S181] Bernard Burke and Ashworth P Burke, Editors, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage, 76th edition (Pall Mall, London: Harrison & Sons, 1914), p 720-722, Elphinstone; online image, Internet Archive, Internet Archive (archive.org : viewed 17 October 2026.

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