The title Lord Elphinstone, in the Peerage of Scotland, dates to 1510. The lordship is held along with the title Baron Elphinstone, which was created in 1885 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-November 20, 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the British government of India.
He was the fourth son of the 11th BaronElphinstone in the peerage of Scotland.
His connection with the Bombay presidency was appropriately commemorated in the endowment of the Elphinstone College by the local communities, and in the erection of a marble statue by the European inhabitants.
(1779-1859), Indian statesman and historian, fourth son of the 11th BaronElphinstone in the peerage of Scotland, was born in 1779.
In 1808 he was appointed the first British envoy to the court of Kabul, with the object of securing a friendly alliance with the Afghans; but this proved of little value, because Shah Shuja was driven from the throne by his brother before it could be ri.tified.
His connection with the Bombay presidency was appropriately commemorated in the endowment of the Elphinstone College by the native communities, and in the erection of a marble statue by the European inhabitants.
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