Elphinstone, Margaret Mercer (1788–1867)

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Elphinstone, Margaret Mercer (1788–1867)

Viscountess Keith, comtesse de Flahault, and Baroness Nairne. Born in 1788; died in 1867; daughter of George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith (1746–1823, an admiral), and Hester Maria Elphinstone (1764–1857); granddaughter of Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741–1821); married the comte de Flahault, in 1817. Margaret Mercer Elphinstone was a confidante of Princess Charlotte Augusta (1796–1817).