Lord Elphinstone

Lordship of Elphinstone
Blazon
  • Quarterly: 1st grand quarter: Argent a Chevron Sable between three Boars' Heads erased Gules armed of the field and langued Azure (Elphinstone); 2nd grand quarter: quarterly, 1st, Gules a Chevron within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Argent (Fleming); 2nd, Azure three Frases Argent (Fraser); 3rd, Argent on a Chief Gules three Pallets Or (Keith); 4th, Or three Bars wavy Gules (Drummond); 3rd grand quarter: Argent a Chevron between three Otters' Heads erased Gules within a Bordure of the last (Fullerton); 4th grand quarter: Sable on a Cross Argent square pierced of the field four Eagles displayed of the first in the dexter canton an Arm embowed proper issuing out of a Naval Crown the hand holding a Trident Or (Buller)
Creation date14 January 1510
PeeragePeerage of Scotland
First holderAlexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone
Present holderAlexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone, 5th Baron Elphinstone
Heir apparentthe Hon. Jago Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone
Subsidiary titlesBaron Elphinstone
Seat(s)Whitberry House
MottoCause Causit (Scots)
Original arms of the Lords Elphinstone (not including the various quarterings that were later acquired by the family)

Lord Elphinstone is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created by King James IV in 1510.