Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone

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Mary Frances Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone and Baroness Elphinstone, DCVO (August 30, 1883–February 8, 1961) was a maternal aunt and a godparent of Elizabeth II.

Born The Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon, she was the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the elder sister of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth). On July 14, 1910, Lady Mary married the 16th Lord Elphinstone and they had five children:

  • The Hon. Mary Elizabeth Elphinstone (1911–1980)
  • The Hon. John Alexander Elphinstone, later 17th Lord Elphinstone (1914–1975)
  • The Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone (1915–1999), married Captain John Wills and had issue.
  • The Revd and Hon. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone (1918–1975), married Jean Hambro and had issue.
  • The Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (born 1925) married Denys Rhodes and had issue.

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 16. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Thomas George 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 Sarah Jane 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 Hodgson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Mary Tucker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. 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