Lancelot Elphinstone

Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone (2 September 1879 – 11 October 1965) was the 22nd Attorney General of Ceylon.

Lancelot Henry Elphinstone
22nd Attorney General of Ceylon
In office 6 October 1924 – 1929
Preceded by	Henry Gollan
Succeeded by	Edward St. John Jackson
Personal details
Born	(1879-09-02)2 September 1879[1]
Died	11 October 1965(1965-10-11) (aged 86)[1]

The son of Sir Howard Elphinstone, 3rd Baronet and Husband of Jane E Jamieson. Elphinstone was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed Attorney General of British Honduras in 1913, Solicitor General of Trinidad in 1919, and Attorney General of Tanganyika Territory in 1921. He was appointed Attorney General of Ceylon on 6 October 1924, succeeding Henry Gollan, and held the office until 1929. He was succeeded by Edward St. John Jackson.[2]

From 1929 to 1932 he was the Chief Judge of the Federated Malay States. He was knighted in the 1931 New Year Honours.[3]

References

1. ELPHINSTONE, Sir Lancelot (Henry), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
2. Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B (1986), The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years, Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services, ISBN 978-955-599-000-4
3. "No. 33675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1930. p. 3.

Legal offices
Preceded by Henry Gollan	Attorney General of Ceylon 1924–1929	Succeeded by Edward St. John Jackson