Elphinstone (surname)

Elphinstone is a Scottish surname. It is locational from the lands of Elphinstone in the parish of Tranent.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abi Elphinstone, British children's author
 * Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone (died 1513), Scottish nobleman
 * Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone (died 1638), Scottish nobleman
 * Alexander Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone (born 1980), Scottish nobleman
 * Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino (1688–1746), Scottish nobleman and Jacobite army officer
 * Augustus Elphinstone (1874–1964), Australian businessman
 * Cecil Elphinstone (1874–1964), Australian businessman and politician
 * Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (1774–1840) (born Charles Elphinstone), British admiral
 * David Elphinstone (1847–1916), Australian architect
 * Derek Elphinstone (1913–1999), British actor
 * Euphemia Elphinstone (fl.1509–1542), mistress of King James V of Scotland
 * George Elphinstone (d. 1634), Provost of Glasgow
 * George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746–1823), British admiral
 * Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith (1764–1857), British literary correspondent and intellectual
 * Howard Elphinstone (disambiguation), several people including
 * Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC (1829–1890), British Army general
 * James Elphinstone (disambiguation), several people
 * John Elphinstone (1722–1785), British naval officer
 * John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone (1914–1975), British nobleman and army officer
 * Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone (1879–1965), English lawyer, Attorney-General of Ceylon
 * Margaret Elphinstone (born 1948), Scottish writer
 * Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone (1883–1961), British noblewoman
 * Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), Scottish statesman and historian, Lieutenant-Governor of Bombay in British India
 * Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone (d. 1602), Scottish landowner
 * Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone (1869–1955), Governor of the Bank of Scotland
 * William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen
 * William George Keith Elphinstone (1782–1842), British general
 * William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone (1828–1893), Scottish politician