Lord Elphinstone inherited extensive estates, some of which had been in the family since the reign of King David II of Scotland.

[2] The couple had five children: In 1937, Lady Elphinstone attended her sister and brother-in-law's coronation whereby she sat behind her niece Princess Elizabeth, who would be the future queen, in the royal box.

She was one of the leading guests in the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten in 1947.

[citation needed] Lord Elphinstone died at their home Carberry Tower, Musselburgh, on 28 November 1955.

[2] Lady Elphinstone, who served as president of the Midlothian branch of the British Red Cross, died on 8 February 1961, aged 77, also at Carberry Tower in Inveresk, Scotland.