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ELPHINSTONE, Howard

Born: 1773
Died: 1846

Military Engineer


A ROYAL ENGINEER who arrived at the Cape in 1795 as a lieutenant, Elphinstone was later knighted.

(Lewcock 1963)

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

Books citing ELPHINSTONE

Lewcock, Ronald. 1963. Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa : a study of the interaction of two cultures, 1795-1837. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pp 443