DescriptionPortrait of Alexander, 4th Lord Elphinstone.jpg
English: Scottish School, c. 1626
Portrait of Alexander, 4th Lord Elphinstone, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (D.1637/8)
inscribed and later inscribed with the identity of the sitter
oil on panel
The sitter was the son of Robert, 3rd Lord Elphinstone and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray. He was made a member of the new Privy Council and was appointed a Lord of Session in 1599. He was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland from 1599 to 1601. He married Jean, the daughter of William, 6th Lord Livingstone, circa 1576.
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