BALMERiNocH COMPLETE PEERAGE 391 IV. 1704. John (Elphinstone), Lord Balmerinoch and Lord CouPAR [S.], s. and h., b. 26 Dec. 1652, at Edinburgh, " a man of excellent parts, being perliaps one of the best lawyers in the Kingdom. " P.C. [S.] 16 Aug. 1687. A steadfast opposer of the Union, but elected a Rep. Peer [S.] (Tory) 1710 and 1713. Governor of the Mint, and Sheriff of co. Edinburgh, 17 10. A Commissioner of the Office of Lord Chamberlain, 171 1. On the accession of George I he was, how- ever, removed (for no apparent reason except his politics) from all his places. He w., istly, 16 Feb. 1672, at Cramond, Christian, da. of Hugh (Montgomerie), 7th Earl of Eglintoun [S.], by his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of John (Leslie), 6th Earl of Rothes. He »2., 2ndly, 7 June 1687, at Edinburgh, Ann, da. of Arthur Ross, Archbishop of St. Andrew's. She d. at her lodging in the Mint, and was bur. 8 Nov. 17 12, at Restalrig. Fun. entry in Lyon office. He d. at his house in Leith, 13, and was bur. 17 May 1736, at Restalrig, in his 84th year. [Hugh Elphinstone, styled Master of Balmerinoch, 2nd s. and h. ap. after 1704 ; an officer in the army under the Duke of Marlborough, d. unm., v.p.., being killed during the 3 months' siege of Lille, in 1708]. V. 1736. 5. James (Elphinstone), Lord Balmerinoch and Lord Coupar [S.], 3rd and yst., but ist surv., s. and h. by 1st wife, b. 24 Nov. 1675, at Edinburgh. Barrister, 1703. One of the Lords of Session, 5 June 17 14, assuming the designation of "Lord Coupar." He m. (cont. 28 Apr. and 17 May 171 8) Elizabeth, 2nd da. of David (Carnegie), 4th Earl of Northesk, by Margaret, suojure Count- ess OF Wemyss [S.]. He d. s.p. 5 Jan. 1746, at Leith, in his 71st year. His widow, who was b. and bap. 1 Jan. 1699, in Edinburgh, d. 21 Sep. 1767, aged 68, and was bur. at Restalrig. VL 1746. 6. Arthur (Elphinstone), Lord Balmerinoch and Lord Coupar [S.], br. (of the half blood) and h., being 1st s. of the 4th Lord, by his 2nd wife. He was b. 1688. In the time of Queen Anne he commanded a company of Foot, but joined in the Rising of 17 1 5, escaping afterwards to France, where he continued nearly 20 years in the French service. In 1744 he was one of the first to join the party of the Young Chevalier In Scotland, and was made Col. of the 2nd troop of Horse Guards. He was at the taking of Carlisle, and in the march to Derby, but was taken prisoner at the battle of Culloden (16 Apr. 1746), having sue. to the Peerage some 3 months before. He was confined in the Tower of London, tried for high treason 29 July (together with the Earls of Kilmarnock and of Cromarty [S.], both of whom pleaded " guilty "), pleaded " not guilty, " but was unanimously found guilty by the Peers, (*) (") He remained firm in his allegiance to the Stuarts, in contrast to his fellow sufferer, Lord Kilmarnock, who, in sight of death, acknowledged his " only rightful sovereign King George. " See State Trials, vol. xviii, p. 441. Horace Walpole writes of his trial : — " He is the most natural brave old fellow I ever saw ; of the
