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Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone

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He was first known as "Alexander Elphinstone of Innernochty". As a courtier, in 1508 Elphinstone was recorded as a "squire of attendance". He was made Baillie or Chamberlain of Stirlingshire in January 1508, in succession to
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or Barlow, an English lady of the household of Margaret Tudor. The royal accounts for 1503 and 1506 include her fee of 50 English shillings for six months. She injured her arm in August 1505 and was attended by the royal
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and his wife Alison Home. In 1513 Kildrummy was regranted to him and his wife and united with Innernochty into the Lordship of Elphinstone.
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Elphinstone and Elizabeth Barlay were made keepers of Stirling Castle in January 1508. James IV also made them keepers of
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in September 1513, along with many other Scottish noblemen, and was succeeded in the lordship by his son Alexander.
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to the tournament ground. Elphinstone and his companion William Ogilvy were dressed in outfits of white damask.
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each in January 1512, and the same gift was given to an African servant of the queen,
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Elphinstone was made a Lord of Parliament at the baptism of Prince Arthur, a son of
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for eight generations of the family down to, and including Charles the ninth Lord.
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Elizabeth Barlow or Barlay, Lady Elphinstone, later married John Forbes, 6th
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The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar
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The children of Alexander Elphinstone and Elizabeth Barlay included:
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In 1512 Elphinstone was able to help Robert Bruce of
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peer
Andrew Aytoun
Stirling Castle
James IV
Margaret Tudor
Peerage of Scotland
Lord Elphinstone
Stirling
tower of Elphinstone
Lords Elphinstone
Squire of the Black Lady
royal tournament
Black Lady
Edinburgh Castle
Elizabeth Barlay
Elizabeth Barlay
apothecary
John Mossman
French gold crowns
Ellen More
Kildrummy Castle
Tillicoultry
Sauchie
Airth
Pool of Airth
Battle of Flodden
George Buchanan
Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone
Euphemia Elphinstone

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