ELPHINSTONE, John 2nd Lord Balmerino 1
- Born: About 1589
- Marriage (1): KER, Anne 30 August 1613(contract) 1 2
- Died: 1 March 1649(1650) 2
Cause of his death was apoplexy.2
User ID: C177.
General Notes:
"John, second Lord Balmerino, his father having died under attainder, did not succeed to the title, but was restored in blood and to the peerage by a letter under the Great Seal from King James, 14 August 1613. In the following year, his Majesty granted to him his father's estates by a charter proceeding on Sir Alexander Drummond's resignation of them."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 2
John married Anne KER, daughter of Sir Thomas KER of Ferniehirst and Janet SCOTT, 30 August 1613(contract).1 2 (Anne KER was born about 1585, died 27 February 1649(1650) in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1 2 and was buried 1649(1650) in Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotland 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (John Elphinstone) married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Ker of Ferniehirst, sister of Andrew and James, Lords Jedburgh, and Robert Earl of Somerset (charter to him and to her as his future wife, 30 August 1613), and by her, who died at Edinburgh 27 February 1650, and was buried at Restalrig, he had a son John, his successor."
from Scots Peerage (vol 1)
"Anne, married, contract 30 August 1613, to John Elphinstone, second Lord Balmerino, who is said by Scotstarvet to have assisted his brother-in-law Somerset, after his ruin, by becoming security for him, and paying the encumbrances on his Scottish estates."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1 2
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