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in 1755. He sold it on to Lady Baird of
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In 1733 Elphinstone's father obtained a pardon for him, and he eventually returned to
Scotland: about this time he married Margaret Chalmers or Chambers, daughter of a Captain Chalmers of Leith. His half-brother James succeeded to the title of Lord Balmerino on the death of their father in 1736.
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Balmerino went to his execution unrepentant, stating "If I had a thousand lives, I would lay them all down in the same cause". His insouciant attitude at the time of his trial and execution - joking with bystanders and insisting on taking the axe in his carriage so that
Kilmarnock would not be
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British and French armies, as well as taking part in Jacobite rebellions in 1715 and 1745, and spent nearly 20 years in exile on the Continent. He was pardoned some years after the first rebellion but following the failure of the latter at
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on the government side but, reportedly finding this "against his conscience", deserted and joined the
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