Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone

The Lady Elphinstone
Born	Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon 30 August 1883 Angus, Scotland
Died	8 February 1961 (aged 77) Inveresk, Scotland
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.

Biography

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.

Marriage and issue

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:

• The Hon. Mary Elizabeth Elphinstone (1 July 1911-16 May 1980)
• The Hon. John Alexander Elphinstone, later 17th Lord Elphinstone (22 March 1914-15 November 1975)
• The Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone (3 April 1915-29 November 1999) she married Major John Lycett Wills on 25 July 1936. They have four children, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren:
  • Captain Andrew Arnold Lyon Wills+ (15 August 1937-January 1998) he married Hon. Elizabeth Anne Cecil on 19 January 1961. They have three children and three grandchildren:
    • Richard Wills (5 March 1962) he married Netta Morris in 1988. They have three children:
      • Anna Rose Constance Wills (23 May 1990)
      • Charlotte Caroline Wills (23 September 1991)
      • Edward Henry Arnold Wills (15 June 1994)
    • Tessa Elizabeth Wills (1 October 1963) she married Richard E. M. Affleck an were divorced in 2009.
    • Alexander John Wills (23 May 1967) he married Wendy Amanda Leach in 1992 and were divorced before 2001. He remarried Julie Haycraft in November 2001.
  • Susan Griselda Anne Lyon Wills (8 April 1940) she married Charles Peregrine Albemarle Bertie on 20 April 1960. They have two children and six grandchildren:
    • David Montagu Albemarle Bertie (12 February 1963) he married Catherine Cecily Mason-Hornby on 12 February 1994. They have four children:
      • Charlotte Iona Rose Bertie (27 March 1995)
      • Lucy Victoria Isabelle Bertie (5 February 1998)
      • Hugo Peregrine Anthony Bertie (18 May 2001)
      • Rory Willoughby James Bertie (9 September 2003)
    • Caroline Georgina Rose Bertie (16 March 1965) she married Andrew L. Carrington on 3 August 1991. They have two children:
      • Georgia Elizabeth Jean Carrington (9 July 1994)
      • Charles Alexander Francis Carrington (27 July 1996)
  • Marilyn Emma Margaret Wills (30 November 1947-25 June 1970) she married Trelawny Reginald Courtenay Gayer on 10 February 1970. They have
  • Georgina Rose Wills (18 April 1951-26 April 1951)
• The Revd and Hon. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone (10 November 1918-19 March 1975) e married Jean Frances Hambro on 29 May 1946. They have two children, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren:
  • Rosemary Elizabeth Elphinstone (13 August 1947) she married James Ronald Percy Pigé Leschallas on 14 January 1967. They have three children and four grandchildren:
    • Sophie Elizabeth Leschallas (16 May 1968) she married James Dominic Auriol Gaselee on 25 June 1993. They have two daughters:
      • Olivia Rose Gaselee (11 July 1997)
      • Emily Auriol Gaselee (20 April 2000)
    • Andrew James Leschallas (7 October 1970) he married Adrienne Quarles van Ufford in 2011. They have two children:
      • Eloise Sophie Leschallas (9 May 2013)
      • Benjamin George Laschallas (2015)
    • Alexander Charles Leschallas (1978) he marries Sarah Rowan in 2013
  • James Alexander Elphinstone, 18th Lord Elphinstone (22 April 1953-19 December 1994) he married Willa Mary Gabrielle Chetwodeon 22 April 1978. They have four children and four grandchildren:
    • Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone (15 April 1980) he married to Nicola Hall on 7 July 2007. The couple has three children:
      • The Hon. Isla Elizabeth Elphinstone (29 December 2008)
      • Jago Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone (18 August 2011)
      • The Hon. Rafe Mountstuart Elphinstone (22 January 2015)
    • Hon. Angus John Elphinstone (1982) he married Isobel L. Smith on 15 June 2013. They have one son:
      • Albie James Elphinstone (6 August 2015)
    • Hon. Fergus David Elphinstone (1985)
    • Hon. Clementina Rose Elphinstone (1989)
• The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (9 June 1925) she married Denys Gravenor Rhodes (1919–1981) on 31 July 1950. They have four children and one grandson.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone

16. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne               8. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis                       17. Mary Elizabeth Louisa Carpenter               4. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne                             18. Joseph Valentine Grimstead               9. Charlotte Grimstead                       19. Charlotte Jane Sarah Walsh               2. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne                                   20. George Smith               10. Oswald Smith                       21. Frances Mary Mosley               5. Frances Dora Smith                             22. Robert Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle               11. Henrietta Mildred Hodgson                       23. Mary Tucker               1. Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone                                         24. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland               12. Lord Charles Bentinck                       25. Lady Dorothy Cavendish               6. Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck                             26. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley               13. Anne Wellesley                       27. Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland               3. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck                                   28. Edwyn Andrew Burnaby               14. Edwyn Burnaby                       29. Mary Browne               7. Caroline Louisa Burnaby                             30. Thomas Salisbury               15. Anne Caroline Salisbury                       31. Frances Webb

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