Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone
| The Lord Elphinstone | |
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Elphinstone as caricatured in Vanity Fair in May 1911.
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| Born |
Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone 27 July 1869 |
| Died | 28 November 1955 (aged 86) |
| Title | 16th Lord Elphinstone |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Bowes-Lyon |
| Children | Mary Elphinstone John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone Jean Elphinstone Andrew Elphinstone Margaret Elphinstone |
| Parent(s) |
William, Lord Elphinstone Lady Constance Murray |
Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone and 2nd Baron Elphinstone, KT FRSE FRSGS (27 July 1869 – 28 November 1955) was a Scottish nobleman.
The son of William, 15th Lord Elphinstone and Lady Constance Murray (daughter of the Earl of Dunmore) he was born at Carberry Tower south-east of Edinburgh.
Sidney 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 1924–1955.
In 1938 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). His proposers were Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan, Sir Thomas Henry Holland, James Pickering Kendall and James Watt.
Lord Elphinstone married Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, sister of the Queen Mother, on 24 July 1910 in Westminster. The couple had five children:
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