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'''Mountstuart Elphinstone'''
{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = Mountstuart
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL Ordinary Fellow
| left = 1859 deceased
| clubs = Athenaeum Club
| societies =
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
ESL Council 1843-44 Member, Trustee<br />ESL Council 1857-58 Vice President
=== House Notes ===
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Mountstuart Elphinstone (6 October 1779 – 20 November 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India. He later became the Governor of Bombay (now Mumbai) where he is credited with the opening of several educational institutions accessible to the Indian population. Besides being a noted administrator, he wrote books on India and Afghanistan.<br /><br />Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1830<br /><br />See also chapter in Beyond the call of duty / by V. Raghunanthan and Veena Prasad