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ELPHINSTONE—ELRINGTON—ELSMERE. 1806, to the 80, Capt. Thos. Whitby, and 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Willoughby Thos. Lake. As Senior Lieutenant of the latter ship, Mr. Elphick contributed to the reduction of Zante and Cephalonia in Oct. 1809; and in March and April, 1810, he distinguished himself as “a very gallant and zealous officer” at the siege of Sta. Maura. We also find him actively co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain in 1812. The being paid oif on her return with convoy from the West Indies in Aug. 1815, he remained unemployed until 14 Sept. 1818, when he joined the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the  50, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. Since his attainment of the rank of Commander, 19 July, 1821, he has not been afloat. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 ELPHINSTONE. 

, born, 8 Feb. 1788, at Cronstadt, in Russia, is only son of the late Capt. Sam. Williams Elphinstone, of the Russian Navy (a lineal descendant of Robert, third Baron Elphinstone), by Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Kruse, of the same service. He is nephew of the late Capts. Thos. and Robt. Philip Elphinstone, both of the R.N., who died in 1821-2; and of the present Colonel Sir Howard Elphinstone, Bart., C.B. His grandfather, John Elphinstone, a Captain in the British and an Admiral in the Russian Navy, who died in 1785, commanded the fleet of the Czar at the battle of Tchesme in 1770, and succeeded in destroying the Turkish fleet.

This officer entered the Navy, 10 March, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 50, commanded at Sheerness by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming; and on his removal, as Midshipman, in May, 1800, to the 74, Capt. John Elphinstone, he took charge of a boat, and had 3 men wounded, near Cadiz, while reconnoitring a place of debarkation for the troops under Sir Ralph Abercromby, previously to their ultimate departure for Egypt. Following Capt. Elphinstone, in March, 1801, into the 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, he landed with that officer, who had been appointed Captain of the fleet, at Alexandria, and, for the services he there rendered as his Aide-de-Camp, he was presented with the Turkish gold medal. From May, 1801, until Aug. 1806, he appears to have been further employed, on the Mediterranean, Home, and East India stations, in 36, Capt. Jas. Young, 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. During that period he served on three hazardous occasions in the ’s boats; and, on being lent, with 100 men, from the to the  32, was actively employed for some time in blockading the Isle of France. On finally leaving the, Mr. Elphinstone became Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, in which ship he continued until within a short period of his being confirmed into the, afterwards 36, Capts. Christ. Cole and Wm. Jones Lye – an event which took place 9 June, 1807. As First-Lieutenant of that frigate, he commanded her boats in several attacks made on the Malay and Persian pirates, and during the operations against the Isle of France, in Dec. 1810, he had the sole charge of the ship during the Captain’s absence on shore. In 1811-12 he joined the and, flag-ships of Admirals Sir Edw. Pellew and Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, the 74, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, and then again the. In June, 1813, Mr. Elphinstone landed near Tarragona, at the head of a battalion of seamen, for the purpose of bringing off the troops and destroying the guns at the Col de Balaguer. He likewise shared in Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial actions with the French fleet out of Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814; and, in April of the latter year, he acquired the approbation of Lord Wm. Bentinck for the assistance he afforded in command of a division of seamen at the siege of Genoa. He was rewarded for these services by promotion to the rank he now holds 15 June, 1814, and since that period has been on half-pay.

Commander Elphinstone, a noble in Livonia, received, in 1812, the Russian bronze medal, suspended to the riband of St. Vladimir, which was issued to all Russian noblemen who had in any way partaken of the hostilities against the French. He married, 5 May, 1819, Amelia Anne, eldest daughter of Fred. A. Lobach, Esq., a senior merchant at Riga, by whom he has issue four sons and four daughters.

 ELRINGTON. 

entered the Navy, 17 March, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Wm. Essington, on the Home station, where he became Midshipman, in July, 1799, of the 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and where he afterwards served, in the frigate, Capt. Ross Donnelly,  74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Graves, and  frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Stuart, and 74, Capt Jas. Lawford. Obtaining a commission, 30 Aug. 1806, he next joined the, Capt. Edwin James – attended, in the 74, Capt. Peter Puget, the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807 – served for nearly five years in the West Indies on board the  38, Capt. Geo. Miller – and was finally employed, on the Home station, in the sloop, Capt. Colin Campbell, and  prison-ship, Capt. Philip Helpman. He went on half-pay in 1813; and accepted his present rank 1 July, 1844. – Goode and Lawrence.

 ELSMERE. 

entered the Navy, 23 April, 1785, as A.B., on board the, Capt. David Mackay, on the Irish station; served afterwards in the frigate, Capt. Cole, and, as Midshipman, in the  tender and  tenders; and on joining, in 1793, the  32, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, officiated, as Master’s Mate, at the occupation of Toulon, and at the sieges of St. Fiorenza and Calvi. After an additional servitude of some months with Capt. Wolseley in the, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and was in that ship in Hotham’s action of 13 July, 1795. From the he removed to the  100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, with whom he continued until transferred to the  100; in which ship we find him participating in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. Mr. Elsmere, who had been confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on 23 of the preceding January, was next appointed, in succession, to the, , and , to the command of the tender, and to the  74. In the latter ship, under Capt. Wolseley, he attended the expedition to Ferrol, in 1800. Having been on half-pay since 1801, he was placed, 20 Dec. 1830, on the Junior List of Retired Commanders, from which he was promoted to the Senior List 3 Sept. 1838. – Hallett and Robinson.

 ELSMERE. 

died 20 Jan. 1845, at Belfast.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1782, as Midshipman, on board the, Capt. John Willet Payne, in which ship, and in six others, he served, on the West India, Irish, and Mediterranean stations, until 1788. In 1793 he re-embarked, on board the 74, Capt. Chas. Thompson, and, returning ultimately to the West Indies, there became, 15 May, 1794, Acting-Lieutenant of the