Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone (2 September 1879 – 11 October 1965) was the 22nd

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. The son of Sir Howard Elphinstone, 3rd Baronet and Husband of Jane E Jamieson. Elphinstone was educated at Eton and

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. He was appointed Attorney General of

British Honduras British Honduras was a British Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973,

in 1913, Solicitor General of

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in 1919, and Attorney General of

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in 1921. He was appointed Attorney General of Ceylon on 6 October 1924, succeeding

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, and held the office until 1929. He was succeeded by Edward St. John Jackson. From 1929 to 1932 he was the Chief Judge of the Federated Malay States. He was knighted in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elphinstone, Lancelot Henry 1879 births 1965 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Attorneys General of British Ceylon Federated Malay States judges Attorneys-General of British Honduras Knights Bachelor Younger sons of baronets Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon British people in British Ceylon British expatriates in Tanganyika