William Elphinstone (13 September 1740-3 May 1834)

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Father:1	Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property attribute_do::$changedby is deprecated in /var/www/geneapedia.org/public_html/include/attribute_do.php on line 48 Charles Elphinstone (6 August 1711-6 April 1781), 10. Lord Elphinstone
Mother:2	Clementina Fleming (around 1719-1 January 1799)

Spouses and relationship events
Married:3	24 June 1774	Elizabeth Fullerton (1757 or 1758-27 May 1840)

Children

Children with Elizabeth Fullerton:

Clementina Elphinstone (-19 November 1830)4

Anne Elphinstone (-29 August 1850)5

William George Keith Elphinstone (1782-), major-general6

Elizabeth Elphinstone (1783-28 October 1802)7

John Fullerton Elphinstone (around 1784-12 March 1854)8

Charles Elphinstone (1784-February 1807)9

James Drummond Buller Fullerton Elphinstone (4 May 1788-8 March 1857), lieutenant-colonel10

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Events
Born:11	13 September 1740
Died:12	3 May 1834

Personal Info

He became a sailor at the age of fifteen, and in 1757 entered the service of the East India Company. In 1785 he obtained the command of a ship, and got £2000 from his granduncle the Earl Marischal to help him in trade. This he made the foundation of a handsome fortune. By his rare ability and energy he rapidly rose in the service, and about 1786 was elected a director of the company. On three separate occasions, 1804, 1806, and 1814, he occupied the position of chairman. He resigned his directorship in 1826 when he was eighty-five.13

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