The Lady Elphinstone | |
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Born |
Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon 30 August 1883 Angus, Scotland |
Died | 8 February 1961 Inveresk, Scotland |
(aged 77)
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.
The Lady Elphinstone was born 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.
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, twelve grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren: