Crest: A lady, from the waist upwards, richly habited in gules, her arms extended, the right hand supporting a tower and the left holding a branch of laurel, all Proper.
Motto
Cause Causit (Scots)
Profile
Region
Lowlands
District
East Lothian
Chief
The Right Hon. Alexander Elphinstone
19th Lord Elphinstone
Seat
Whitberry House, Tyninghame, East Lothian
Historic seat
Elphinstone Tower, Stirlingshire[1]
Clan branches
Elphinstone of Elphinstone (chiefs) Elphinstone of Balmerino
Allied clans
Clan Swinton Clan Seton
Clan Elphinstone is a Lowland Scottish clan.[2]
^Elphinstone Tower stravaiging.com. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 130 - 131.
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