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     Margaret Douglas Fisher Palmer was the daughter of Frederick Ramsay Palmer.² She married Colin Anthony John Elphinstone, son of Alexis Elphinstone and Ethel Margaret Cantlon, on 25 October 1952.¹ She died in 1971.¹
     From 25 October 1952, her married name became Elphinstone.¹

     Hon. Irene Lawson was born in 1909.¹ She is the daughter of John James Lawson, 1st and last Baron Lawson and Isabella Scott.¹ She married C. F. C. Lawson in 1935.¹

     Hon. Edna Lawson was born in 1912.¹ She is the daughter of John James Lawson, 1st and last Baron Lawson and Isabella Scott.¹ She married D. Brown.¹
     Her married name became Brown.¹

     Sir Alexander Logie Elphinstone of Glack, 10th Bt. was born on 8 March 1880.¹ He was the son of John Elphinstone of Glack and Emma Eliza Betham.² He married, firstly, Agnes Gertrude Blanche Durell King, daughter of Captain T. E. Charles King, on 18 July 1911.¹ He married, secondly, Muriel Eileen MacComish, daughter of John MacComish, on 18 October 1962.¹ He died on 16 December 1970 at age 90.³
     He was commissioned in 1899, in the service of the British Army.¹ He fought in the Boer War.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1906.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1915.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1915.¹ He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Elphinstone, of Logie Elphinstone, co. Aberdeen and Nova Scotia [N.S., 1701] on 30 November 1927.¹

     Captain T. E. Charles King gained the rank of Captain in the West Yorkshire Regiment.¹

     Agnes Gertrude Blanche Durell King was the daughter of Captain T. E. Charles King.² She married Sir Alexander Logie Elphinstone of Glack, 10th Bt., son of John Elphinstone of Glack and Emma Eliza Betham, on 18 July 1911.¹ She died on 29 April 1961.¹
     From 18 July 1911, her married name became Elphinstone.¹

     Muriel Eileen MacComish was the daughter of John MacComish.¹ She married, firstly, John Patterson Sayles before 1962.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Alexander Logie Elphinstone of Glack, 10th Bt., son of John Elphinstone of Glack and Emma Eliza Betham, on 18 October 1962.¹ She died on 5 October 1977.¹
     From before 1962, her married name became Sayles.¹ From 18 October 1962, her married name became Elphinstone.¹

     Thomas George Elphinstone was born on 7 August 1882.¹ He was the son of John Elphinstone of Glack and Emma Eliza Betham.² He married Gladys Mary Congdon, daughter of Colonel Ernest Charles Lambert Congdon, on 18 June 1913.¹ He died on 25 December 1967 at age 85.¹
     He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1904 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1913 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He was Public Prosecutor in the Province of Sind between 1918 and 1929 at India^G.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Kent.¹

     Colonel Ernest Charles Lambert Congdon gained the rank of Colonel in the Royal Marines Light Infantry.¹