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Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779–1859), administrator in India, fourth son of John Elphinstone, eleventh Lord Elphinstone (1737–1794), and his wife, the Hon. Anne (1737–1801), daughter of Lord Ruthven, was born on 6 October 1779, at Cumbernauld House, Dunbartonshire, where he spent his early years. His father was governor of ...
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Subjects: US Politics ; US Colonial and Revolutionary History ; Colonialism and Imperialism
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