Elphinstone baronets of Sowerby (1816)

The Elphinstone baronetcy, of Sowerby in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 May 1816 for Major-General Howard Elphinstone, a veteran of the Peninsular War.

He was the youngest son of John Elphinstone, a captain in the Royal Navy and admiral in the Russian Navy.

The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is a cousin of the 6th baronet, Henry Charles Elphinstone (born 1958).

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