Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone
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 Portrait by Philip de László, 1929 | |
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| Born | Hon. Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon 30 August 1883 Angus, Scotland |
| Died | 8 February 1961 (aged 77) Inveresk, Scotland |
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Mary Frances Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone
Queen Elizabeth II
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Early life
Lady Elphinstone was born The Honourable Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon on 30 August 1883 in
Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (later The Queen Mother).[1]
Personal life
Lady Mary married
Keeper of the Signet and Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland.[2]
The couple had five children:
- The Hon. Mary Elizabeth Elphinstone (2 July 1911 – 16 May 1980), who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923.[3]
- John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone (22 March 1914 – 15 November 1975)
- The Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone (3 April 1915 – 29 November 1999), who married Captain John Lycett Wills (29 May 1910 – 1 October 1999). Their daughter Marilyn was a god-daughter of Princess Margaret and a bridesmaid at her 1960 wedding.[4][5]
- The Rev. The Hon. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone (10 November 1918 – 19 March 1975), who married Jean Frances Hambro (22 February 1923 – 7 December 2017) and had issue. His wife was a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II.[6]
- The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (9 June 1925 – 25 November 2016), who married Denys Rhodes (9 July 1919 – 30 October 1981) and had issue. She was a bridesmaid at the 1947 wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
In 1937, Lady Elphinstone attended her sister and brother-in-law's coronation whereby she sat behind her niece Princess Elizabeth, who would be the future queen, in the royal box. She was one of the leading guests in the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten in 1947.[7]
Lord Elphinstone died at their home Carberry Tower, Musselburgh, on 28 November 1955.[2] Lady Elphinstone, who served as president of the Midlothian branch of the British Red Cross, died on 8 February 1961, aged 77, also at Carberry Tower in Inveresk, Scotland.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Lady Elphinstone". The New York Times. 9 February 1961. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b "ELPHINSTONE DIES; SCOTTISH LORD, 86; Brother-in-Law of the Queen Mother, Sixteenth Holder of Title, Was Sportsman". The New York Times. 29 November 1955. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "The Queen Mother in pictures". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "PRINCESS MARGARET A GODMOTHER". AP Archive. 19 February 1948. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten". 24 June 2017.
External links
- Portraits of Lady Mary Frances Elphinstone (née Bowes-Lyon) at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Bust by Francis Derwent Wood at the Royal Academy
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