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     Sir Gilbert Elliot of Headshaw, 1st Bt. was the son of Gavin Eliott.² He married, firstly, Helen Stevenson, daughter of Andrew Stevenson.² He married, secondly, Jean Carre, daughter of Sir Andrew Carre, on 17 March 1692.² He died on 1 May 1718.²
     He was created 1st Baronet Elliot, of Headshaw [Nova Scotia] on 19 April 1700.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Roxburghshire between 1702 and 1707.² He was styled as Lord Minto [Scottish Law Lord] in 1705.² He held the office of Lord of Session in 1705.²

     Mary Elliot was the daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot of Headshaw, 1st Bt. and Helen Stevenson.^2,3 She married Sir John Elphinstone, 2nd Bt., son of Sir James Elphinstone of Logie, 1st Bt. and Cecilia Denholme, on 23 August 1703.¹ She died on 18 May 1767.¹
      From 23 August 1703, her married name became Elphinstone.¹

     Ronald William Morrison married Marie Xenia de Tunzelman, daughter of E. W. de Tunzelman, in 1911.² He and Marie Xenia de Tunzelman were divorced in 1920.¹
      Ronald William Morrison usually went by his middle name of William.²

     Jean Rattray was the daughter of Rt. Rev. Thomas Rattray, 20th of Craighall-Rattray.¹ She married, firstly, Sir James Elphinstone, 3rd Bt., son of Sir John Elphinstone, 2nd Bt. and Mary Elliot, on 4 October 1733.¹ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. George Mure on 2 April 1747.¹ She died on 25 September 1765.¹
      From 4 October 1733, her married name became Elphinstone.¹ From 2 April 1747, her married name became Mure.¹

     Gilbert Elphinstone was born on 9 February 1713.¹ He was the son of Sir John Elphinstone, 2nd Bt. and Mary Elliot.² He died, young.¹

     Sir John Elphinstone, 4th Bt. was born on 11 January 1717.¹ He was the son of Sir John Elphinstone, 2nd Bt. and Mary Elliot.² He died in January 1743, unmarried.¹
     He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Elphinstone, of Logie Elphinstone, co. Aberdeen and Nova Scotia [N.S., 1701] in April 1739.¹ On his death, the baronetcy became dormant until 1927.¹

     Hugh Elphinstone was born on 1 March 1720.¹ He was the son of Sir John Elphinstone, 2nd Bt. and Mary Elliot.²

     Charles Napier Lawrence, 1st and last Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate was born on 27 May 1855.¹ He was the son of John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence and Harriette Katherine Hamilton.¹ He married Catherine Sumner, daughter of Frederick Wiggin Sumner, on 22 June 1881.¹ He died on 17 December 1927 at age 72, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.¹ He was chm: LNWR (dir 1884), chairman LMSR 1923–24, Antofagasta and Bolivia Rlway, N Br and Mercantile Assur, Royal Commn Insur Acts 1925–26 in 1921.² He was chairman of the London North Western Railway between 1921 and 1923.¹ He was chairman of the London Midland and Scottish Railway between 1923 and 1924.¹ He was created 1st Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate, of Holland House, Kingsgate, co. Kent [U.K.] on 23 July 1923.¹ He was chairman of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.¹ He was chairman of the Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway.¹ On his death, his title became extinct.¹

     Margaret Forbes was the daughter of Alexander Forbes of Foveran.² She married John Elphinstone of Glack, son of John Elphinstone of Glack and Anna Irvine, in 1691.¹ She died in 1730.¹
      From 1691, her married name became Elphinstone.¹