Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Inveresk commemorating Captain William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone RN d. 1893, Captain Charles Elphinstone d. 1807 in the loss of HMS ‘Blenheim’ and George James Elphinstone RN d. 1879
Location
St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
[Panel one] 'THE / MASTER OF ELPHINSTONE / DIED 9TH NOVR 1890 / WILLIAM BULLER FULLERTON / 15TH LORD ELPHINSTONE / BORN 18TH NOVEMBER 1828 / DIED 18 JANUARY 1893 / THE HON CONSTANCE LOTHIAN ELPHINSTONE / BORN 5TH OCTOBER 1873 / DIED 18TH MARCH 1895' [Central panel] 'TO THE MEMORY OF / THE HON WILLIAM FULLERTON ELPHINSTONE / SECOND SON OF CHARLES TENTH LORD ELPHINSTONE / BORN SEPTEMBER 1740 DIED MAY 1834 / ALSO TO / ELIZABETH HIS WIFE / DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM FULLERTON OF CARSTAIRS / AND NIECE OF JOHN FULLERTON OF CARBERRY / BORN JANUARY 1758 DIED MAY 1849 / TO CLEMENTINA / WIFE OF SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM G.C.B. / DIED NOVEMBER 1830 / TO JOHN FULLERTON DIED 12TH MARCH 1854 / TO CHARLES / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / LOST IN H.M. SHIP BLENHEIM FEBRUARY 1807 / TO ELIZABETH DIED OCTOBER 1802 / TO MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM KEITH / DIED IN INDIA APRIL 1842 / TO ANNA DIED 29TH AUGUST 1850 / TO DIANA MARIA / ONLY CHILD OF CHARLES CLAVERING ESQ. / WIFE OF LIEU-COL J. / D. ELPHINSTONE / BORN 8TH JUNE 1801 DIED 24TH DECEMBER 1821 / INTERRED IN THIS VAULT / ANNA MARIA / WIFE OF LIEUT-COL JAMES DRUMMOND BULLER ELPHINSTONE / DAUGHTER OF VICE ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD BULLER BART / BORN 3D NOVEMBER 1799 DIED AT CARBERRY 26TH FEBRUARY 1845 / LIEUT-COL JAMES FULLERTON ELPHINSTONE / 4TH SON OF THE HONBLE W.F. ELPHINSTONE / BORN 4TH MAY 1788 / DIED AT CARBERRY 8TH MARCH 1857' [Panel 3] 'THE HON J.F. ELPHINSTONE / BORN APRIL 1837 / CAPT. AND LIEUT COL / SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS / DIED AND BURIED AT CUATHALOUGHA CO. TIPPERARY / NOVR 1874 / THE HON G.J. ELPHINSTONE / ROYAL NAVY / BORN 1841 / DIED AND BURIED ON / THE ISLAND OF LISMORE / 1879 / THE HON. GERTRUDE ELPHINSTONE / WIFE OF JAMES HOPE / OF BELMONT / BORN 17TH FEB 1826 / DIED 29TH MARCH 1894 / THE HON. ELIZABETH MARY ELPHINSTONE / WIDOW OF THE VERY REVD JAMES MONTGOMERY / DEAN OF EDINBURGH / BORN 17TH NOVR 1834 / DIED 24TH SEPT 1902 / THE HON. EDWARD BULLER ELPHINSTONE / BORN 1832 DIED 1915 / THE HON ANNA MARIA ELPHINSTONE / WIDOW OF HENRY MONTGOMERY / BORN 1830 DIED 1913 / THE HON CLEMENTINA ELPHINSTONE / WIDOW OF COLONEL DOUGLAS JONES / BORN 1827 DIED 1916'
Details
Type: Memorial
Position: North west corner of churchyard
Materials: Grey sandstone
Vessel: HMS Blenheim
People
Age:
Date of Death: 18/1/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Elphinstone, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 2/1807
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Elphinstone, George James
Age:
Date of Death: 1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: John Steele 1988