Subsequent Career
Elphinstone ended the Crimean War as a brevet Major and as a substantive second captain in the Royal Engineers but was promoted to the substantive Army (but not Corps) rank of Major in 1858.
In 1859 he joined the Royal Household of Queen Victoria as governor to Prince Arthur, the third son of Queen Victoria, and later also governor to Prince Leopold, Her Majesty's fourth son. In 1865 the Queen rewarded him for his service as governor by appointing him as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil division). In 1868 he was appointed a brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and in 1870 he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Further honours came Elphinstone's way when Prince Arthur obtained his majority in 1871, firstly in May he was appointed Comptroller of the Household to Prince Arthur, the same month he was made a Companion of the Military Division of Order of the Bath, and finally in July was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the Bath. Promotions also followed; in 1872 his substantive promotion to Major was confirmed and the following year he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
Returning to military service Elphinstone served as an Aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1877 and was promoted to Colonel at the end of 1881 and was appointed as Officer Commanding Royal Engineers in Mauritius, a post he was reluctant to take up, so much so that he was prepared to resign from the army; however under customs then allowed in the British Army, a posting could be avoided if an other officer was prepared to take the posting instead. Normally this involved payment to the substitute officer but Elphinstone was fortunate to meet fellow Royal Engineer officer, Colonel Gordon (Gordon of Khartoum) who was willing to take the posting to Mauritius without payment. During 1884–5 he served as military attache in Berlin In 1887 he was promoted to Major-General but drowned in 1890 when he fell overboard while on a trip to Madeira.
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