- Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerinoch
Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino, (1688 - 18 August 1746), was a Scottish nobleman and an officer in the Jacobite army.
Elphinstone was the son of John Elphinstone, 4th Lord Balmerino and 3rd Lord Coupar, and of his second wife, Anne Ross. Following the accession of the
House of Hanover to the throne of Britain in 1714, he resigned his commission to join the Jacobite cause in the uprising of 1715. Escaping after theBattle of Sheriffmuir , he joined the French army. In 1733, his father obtained a pardon from the English crown, and Arthur returned to Scotland. In 1744, he joined withCharles Edward Stuart . Succeeding meanwhile to the title ofLord Balmerinoch , he was taken prisoner at theBattle of Culloden . He was tried before Parliament, along withWilliam Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock andGeorge Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie . Being found guilty, he was attainted and beheaded.
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