ELPHINSTONE, William Canon of Glasgow, Dean of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Glasgow, Reverend Mr ¹

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  General Notes:

"Bishop Elphinstone, the founder, and, to a large extent, the first endower of King's College, Aberdeen, was a relative of the laird of Glack. He was the son of a priest, William Elphinstoue, rector of Kirkmichael, and Archdeacon of Teviotdale, who belonged to the ennobled branch of the Elphinstones. An uncle, Laurence Elphinstone, was, after young William's education at Glasgow had been completed, the means of stimulating him to an ambitious career. He sent him to Paris, where he pursued for a time what was then the chief study of ecclesiastics, viz., the Canon Law, his knowledge of which he subsequently perfected at Orleans, then celebrated in that respect."

from Inverurie and the Earldom

Note: Laurence was possibly an older cousin rather than an uncle. ³

William married.