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Major General John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone

b. 1764, d. 1813

Major General John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone, was born in 1764.^1,2

Father	John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone (b. 26 January 1737, d. 19 August 1794)
Mother	Ann Ruthven, daughter of James, third Lord Ruthven

Son	Captain John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone (b. 13 June 1807, d. 19 July 1860)

Major General John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone, was occupied as Colonel of the 26th Foot.²
Major General John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone, was occupied as Lord Leiutenant in Derbyshire.²

Major General John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone, died in 1813 at age ~49.

[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 565.
[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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