Elphinstone is a Scottish surname. It is locational from the lands of Elphinstone in the parish of Tranent. ^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Abi Elphinstone, British children's author
• Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone (died 1513), Scottish nobleman
• Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone (died 1638), Scottish nobleman
• Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone (born 1980), Scottish nobleman
• Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino (1688–1746), Scottish nobleman and Jacobite army officer
• Augustus Elphinstone (1874–1964), Australian businessman
• Cecil Elphinstone (1874–1964), Australian businessman and politician
• Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (1774–1840) (born Charles Elphinstone), British admiral
• David Elphinstone (1847–1916), Australian architect
• Derek Elphinstone (1913–1999), British actor
• Euphemia Elphinstone (fl.1509–1542), mistress of King James V of Scotland
• George Elphinstone (d. 1634), Provost of Glasgow
• George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746–1823), British admiral
• Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith (1764–1857), British literary correspondent and intellectual
• Howard Elphinstone (disambiguation), several people including
  • Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC (1829–1890), British Army general
• James Elphinstone (disambiguation), several people
• John Elphinstone (1722–1785), British naval officer
• John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone (1914–1975), British nobleman and army officer
• Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone (1879–1965), English lawyer, Attorney-General of Ceylon
• Margaret Elphinstone (born 1948), Scottish writer
• Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone (1883–1961), British noblewoman
• Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), Scottish statesman and historian, Lieutenant-Governor of Bombay in British India
• Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone (d. 1602), Scottish landowner
• Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone (1869–1955), Governor of the Bank of Scotland
• William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen
• William George Keith Elphinstone (1782–1842), British general
• William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone (1828–1893), Scottish politician

• James Elphinston (1721–1809), Scottish educator, orthographer, phonologist and linguistics expert

Surname list

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