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 William Elphinstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 19th Century British Army officer, see William Elphinstone (major-general)
Elphinstone was partly responsible for the introduction of printing into Scotland, and for the production of the Breviarium Aberdonense.
Further promotion followed, but soon more important duties were entrusted to Elphinstone, who was made Bishop of Ross in 1481.
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 MyClan.com : Clan Elphinstone : Clan History
William George Keith Elphinstone, the viscount& nephew, was a colonel at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
In 1837 he was promoted to major general and was commander-in-chief of the Bengal army, where he led the disastrous Afghan campaign of 1841.
The fourth Lord Elphinstone was appointed in 1599 a judge of the Supreme Court of Scotland and later Lord High Treasurer.
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 MyClan.com : Clan Elphinstone : Clan History
William George Keith Elphinstone, the viscount’s nephew, was a colonel at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
In 1837 he was promoted to major general and was commander-in-chief of the Bengal army, where he led the disastrous Afghan campaign of 1841.
The fourth Lord Elphinstone was appointed in 1599 a judge of the Supreme Court of Scotland and later Lord High Treasurer.
www.myclan.com /clans/Elphinstone_33/default.php   (665 words)

  
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Two years later, in 1841, Major General William Elphinstone was appointed to command the British army in Afghanistan, which he did incompetently, finally presiding over the disastrous retreat from Kabul in 1842.
EWENS, George Francis William (1903) An account of a race of idiots found in the Punjab, commonly known as "Shah Daula's Mice." IMG 38: 330-34.
KIRK, Kinloch W. [posthumous: contributed by CHEVERS, Norman] (1861) On the injurious effects arising from the use of the leguminous seeds common in India as articles of food.
www.cirrie.buffalo.edu /bibliography/AfgPak4.html   (8498 words)

  
 elphinstone2
other issue - John (d 12.03.1854), Charles (b 1784), William George Keith (d 24.04.1842, Major-General), Anne (d 29.08.1850)
George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith (b 07.01.1745-6, d 10.03.1823, Admiral)
Main sources: TSP (Elphinstone), BP1934 (Elphinstone), BP1999 (Elphinstone), TSP (Balmerino), TSP (Coupar).
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