John Alexander Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone and 3rd Baron Elphinstone was a British nobleman and serviceman during World War II. He was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Lord Elphinstone, second from left
Mary Frances Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone GCVO, was a British aristocrat. She was an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and an aunt and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone
…II. He was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Elphinstone was born on 22 March 1914. He was a son of Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone, and Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon. Among his siblings was the Rev. Hon. Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone (the aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India from 1941 to 1943) and the Hon…
Portrait by Philip de László, 1929