Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone

[2] Elphinstone was made a Lord of Parliament at the baptism of Prince Arthur, a son of James IV and Margaret Tudor in 1509.

[9] Her two maidens, her attendants, were given 5 French gold crowns each in January 1512, and the same gift was given to an African servant of the queen, Ellen More.

[12] In 1508 they transferred their rights over lands at the Wester town of Tillicoultry known as Colinstoun to James Schaw of Sauchie and his wife Alison Home.

[14] Lord Elphinstone was killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513,[15] along with many other Scottish noblemen, and was succeeded in the lordship by his son Alexander.

Because he was not unlike James IV in stature, there was a rumour that Elphinstone had been mistaken for the king, who had been able to escape the battlefield incognito.

Buchanan also reported that there was doubt if the body recovered by the English at Flodden was Elphinstone's or James IV.