Lancelot Henry Elphinstone

Lancelot Henry Elphinstone
22nd Attorney General of Ceylon
In office 6 October 1924 – 1929
Preceded by	Henry Gollan
Succeeded by	Edward St. John Jackson
Personal details
Born	2 September 1879[1]
Died	11 October 1965 (aged 86)[1]

Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone (1879–1965) was the 22nd Attorney General of Ceylon. He was appointed on 6 October 1924, succeeding Henry Gollan, and held the office until 1929. He was succeeded by Edward St. John Jackson.^[2]

From 1929 to 1932 he was the Chief Judge of the Federated Malay States. He was knighted in the 1931 New Year Honours.^[3]

References

1. ELPHINSTONE, Sir Lancelot (Henry), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
2. Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B (1986), The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years, Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services, ISBN 978-955-599-000-4
3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33675. p. 3. 30 December 1930.