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'''Elphinstone Urquart''' (d. [[1980s|1985]]) was a [[wizardkind|wizard]] and a [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] official in the [[1950s]]. He was briefly [[Marriage|married]] to [[Minerva McGonagall]] in the [[1980s]], but their happy marriage was cut short after Elphinstone's accidental death.<ref name="pottermore">''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
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'''Elphinstone Urquart''' (d. [[1985]]) was a [[pure-blood]] [[wizardkind|wizard]] and a [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] official for the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]]. He married [[Minerva McGonagall]] in 1982, but their happy marriage was cut short after Elphinstone's accidental death in 1985.<ref name="pottermore">{{WW|professor-mcgonagall}}</ref>
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===Early life===
 
===Early life===
Elphinstone Urquart was born many years prior to [[1930s|1935]],<ref name="age" /> somewhere in the [[Great Britain|British Isles]], into the pure-blood Urquart family.<ref name="pottermore"/>
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Elphinstone Urquart was born somewhere in the [[Great Britain|British Isles]], into the [[pure-blood]] Urquart family.<ref name="pottermore" />
   
 
===Employment at the Ministry===
 
===Employment at the Ministry===
Sometime after his seventeenth birthday, Elphinstone joined the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] and rose to a senior office in the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]] by the [[1950s]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
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Sometime after his seventeenth birthday, Elphinstone joined the [[British Ministry of Magic]] and eventually rose to a senior office in the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]].<ref name="pottermore" />
   
[[Minerva McGonagall]] joined the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]] after her graduation in [[1950s|1954]]. Under Elphinstone, McGonagall was a most efficient and gifted employee, and the two were very fond of each other. After two years at the Ministry, Minerva was offered a prestigious promotion which she turned down. Minerva missed [[Scotland]] and had a continuing love for [[Dougal McGregor]], a [[Muggle]] Scottish farmer, whom she could not marry because that would be the end of her life ambitions.<ref name="pottermore"/>
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[[Minerva McGonagall]] joined the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]] after her graduation. Under Elphinstone, McGonagall was a most efficient and gifted employee, and the two were very fond of each other. After two years at the Ministry, Minerva was offered a prestigious promotion which she turned down. Minerva missed [[Scotland]] and had a continuing love for [[Dougal McGregor]], a [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] Scottish farmer, whom she felt could not marry because she thought that would be the end of her life ambitions.<ref name="pottermore" />
   
 
===Retirement and marriage===
 
===Retirement and marriage===
 
When McGonagall joined the [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] faculty, Elphinstone remained on terms of friendship with her. On occasion, while holidaying in [[Scotland]], he encountered his old friend and proposed to her in [[Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop]]. McGonagall turned him down this and several other times, as she still had feelings for [[Dougal McGregor]]. However, in 1982, after McGregor's death, Urquart proposed again during a summertime stroll around the lake in the Hogwarts grounds. This time Minerva accepted. Elphinstone, now retired, purchased a small cottage in [[Hogsmeade]] for the pair of them, whence Minerva could travel easily to [[Hogwarts Castle]] every day. Minerva kept her maiden name as she had always been something of a [[feminism|feminist]]. The marriage was a very happy one, and a period of great fulfilment for Minerva. The couple did not have any children of their own, but they were close with Minerva's nephews and nieces (children of her brothers) and they were frequent visitors at their cottage.<ref name="pottermore" />
[[File:McGonagall1981.png|thumb|left|190px|[[Minerva McGonagall]] around the time of their marriage.]]
 
When McGonagall joined the [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] faculty in [[December]] of [[1950s|1956]], Elphinstone remained on terms of friendship with her. On occasion, while holidaying in [[Scotland]], he encountered his old friend and proposed to her on [[Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop]]. McGonagall turned him down this and several other times, as she still had feelings for [[Dougal McGregor]]. However, in [[1980s|1982]], after McGregor's death, Urquart proposed again during a summertime stroll around the lake in the Hogwarts grounds. This time Minerva accepted. Elphinstone, now retired, purchased a [[Elphinstone Urquart and Minerva McGonagall's Hogsmeade cottage|small cottage]] in [[Hogsmeade]] for the pair of them, whence Minerva could travel easily to [[Hogwarts Castle]] every day. Minerva kept her maiden name as she had always been something of a feminist. The marriage was a very happy one, and a period of great fulfillment for Minerva. The couple did not have any children of their own, but they were close with Minerva's nephews and nieces (children of her brothers) and they were frequent visitors at their [[Elphinstone Urquart and Minerva McGonagall's Hogsmeade cottage|cottage]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
 
   
 
===Death===
 
===Death===
The marriage was cut short in [[1980s|1985]] after Elphinstone's accidental death from a [[Venomous Tentacula]] bite. After [[Funeral of Elphinstone Urquart|her husband's funeral]], Minerva left the Hogsmeade cottage and returned to her living quarters at [[Hogwarts Castle]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
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The marriage was cut short in [[1985]] after Elphinstone's accidental death from a [[poison]]ous [[Venomous Tentacula]] bite. After [[Funeral of Elphinstone Urquart|her husband's funeral]], Minerva left the Hogsmeade cottage and returned to her living quarters at [[Hogwarts Castle]].<ref name="pottermore" />
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*Elphinstone is a village in the County of Sterling, Scotland and is the name of a Scottish Lowland clan - {{W|Clan Elphinstone}}. The head of this clan also holds the title {{W|Lord Elphinstone}} in the Peerage of Scotland. This title is historically significant since it was held by the maternal uncle (and later cousins) of {{W|Queen Elizabeth II}}.
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*Although not spelled the same, it is possible his last name is a reference to another Scottish clan - {{W|Clan Urquhart}}. This is a Highland clan, and if there is in fact a link, his name would include a reference to both the {{W|Scottish Highlands}} and the {{W|Scottish Lowlands}}. It is also of interest that Urquhart Castle is on the banks of [[Loch Ness]], home of a [[kelpie]] known as the [[Loch Ness Monster]].
   
 
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Latest revision as of 17:11, 7 February 2023

Elphinstone Urquart (d. 1985) was a pure-blood wizard and a Ministry of Magic official for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. He married Minerva McGonagall in 1982, but their happy marriage was cut short after Elphinstone's accidental death in 1985.[1]

Biography

Early life

Elphinstone Urquart was born somewhere in the British Isles, into the pure-blood Urquart family.[1]

Employment at the Ministry

Sometime after his seventeenth birthday, Elphinstone joined the British Ministry of Magic and eventually rose to a senior office in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.[1]

Minerva McGonagall joined the Department of Magical Law Enforcement after her graduation. Under Elphinstone, McGonagall was a most efficient and gifted employee, and the two were very fond of each other. After two years at the Ministry, Minerva was offered a prestigious promotion which she turned down. Minerva missed Scotland and had a continuing love for Dougal McGregor, a Muggle Scottish farmer, whom she felt could not marry because she thought that would be the end of her life ambitions.[1]

Retirement and marriage

When McGonagall joined the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry faculty, Elphinstone remained on terms of friendship with her. On occasion, while holidaying in Scotland, he encountered his old friend and proposed to her in Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop. McGonagall turned him down this and several other times, as she still had feelings for Dougal McGregor. However, in 1982, after McGregor's death, Urquart proposed again during a summertime stroll around the lake in the Hogwarts grounds. This time Minerva accepted. Elphinstone, now retired, purchased a small cottage in Hogsmeade for the pair of them, whence Minerva could travel easily to Hogwarts Castle every day. Minerva kept her maiden name as she had always been something of a feminist. The marriage was a very happy one, and a period of great fulfilment for Minerva. The couple did not have any children of their own, but they were close with Minerva's nephews and nieces (children of her brothers) and they were frequent visitors at their cottage.[1]

Death

The marriage was cut short in 1985 after Elphinstone's accidental death from a poisonous Venomous Tentacula bite. After her husband's funeral, Minerva left the Hogsmeade cottage and returned to her living quarters at Hogwarts Castle.[1]

Behind the scenes

  • Elphinstone is a village in the County of Sterling, Scotland and is the name of a Scottish Lowland clan - Clan Elphinstone. The head of this clan also holds the title Lord Elphinstone in the Peerage of Scotland. This title is historically significant since it was held by the maternal uncle (and later cousins) of Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Although not spelled the same, it is possible his last name is a reference to another Scottish clan - Clan Urquhart. This is a Highland clan, and if there is in fact a link, his name would include a reference to both the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands. It is also of interest that Urquhart Castle is on the banks of Loch Ness, home of a kelpie known as the Loch Ness Monster.

Appearances

Notes and references

Hogsmeade
Hogsmeade WW logo
Scotland, Great Britain
Founder: Hengist of Woodcroft
Shops and other businesses
Baby Witch · Batworthy Junk · Bewildering Blooms · Bingle & Blatch · Brews and Stews Café · Brood and Peck · Ceridwen's Cauldrons · Dervish and Banges · Dogweed and Deathcap · Dominic Maestro's Music Shop · Fickle Fabrics · Flutes and Lutes · Gladrags Wizardwear · The Haunted Hogsmeade Shop · Hayden family shop · Hog's Head Inn · Hogsmeade Post Office · Honeydukes · J. Pippin's Potions · Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop · Madam Snelling's Tress Emporium · The Magic Neep · McBloom & McMuck · McHavelock's Wizarding Headgear · The Old Fool · Ollivanders · Pedrus Pridgeon · Pets & Familiars · Renka Rabblehauser's shop · Rosa Lee Teabag · Scribbulus Writing Implements · Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop · Spintwitches Sporting Needs · Steepley and Sons · Three Broomsticks Inn · Tomes and Scrolls · Vladimir Plot Plumbing Supplies · Wizarding hairdressing salon · Zonko's Joke Shop
Other locations
Cave near Hogsmeade · Elphinstone Urquart and Minerva McGonagall's Hogsmeade cottage · High Street · Hogsmeade Graveyard · Hogsmeade Station · Merge Publications · Office 323 · River by Hogsmeade · Rivers Edge · Road to Hogsmeade · Road to Hogwarts · Shrieking Shack · Silvanus Kettleburn's house · Spire Alley · Wizarding Wireless Network Headquarters
Known residents and shop employees
Alice · Garnuff · Gwendoline Babcocke · Gwendoline Babcocke's mother · Archibald Bennett · Bilton Bilmes · Thomas Brown · Otto Dibble · Aberforth Dumbledore · Andre Egwu · Employee of the Hogsmeade Post Office · Fastidio · Mopsy Fleabert · Ambrosius Flume · Mrs Flume · Greebly · Beatrice Green · Corey Hayden's parents · Augustus Hill · Hogsmeade street sweeper · Hogsmeade town crier · Horace · Hrithvi · Betty Huxley · Richard Jackdaw · Silvanus Kettleburn · Lucy Lanyon · Dominic Maestro · Soleil le Marveillus · Cassandra Mason · Cassandra Mason's tenants · Minerva McGonagall · McHavelock · Agnes Nutt · Penny (house-elf) · Agabus Philbert · Dulcibella Philbert · Gabbey · J. Pippin · Parry Pippin · Vladimir Plot · Puddifoot · Renka Rabblehauser · Olivia Redding · Patrick Redding · Rosmerta · Sirona Ryan · Scrivenshaft · Calliope Snelling · Perdita Strix · Timothy Teasdale · Yubert Thorne · Thaddeus Travers · Jasper Trout · Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student · Unidentified Ollivander's assistant · Unidentified shop assistant · Elphinstone Urquart · Waiter at the Three Broomsticks · Ethel Wigley · Albie Weekes · Wally Wimbles · Zonko · Zonko's shopkeeper
Department of Magical Law Enforcement employees
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Heads of Department
Justus Pilliwickle · Torquil Travers · Bartemius Crouch Senior · Amelia Bones · Pius Thicknesse · Corban Yaxley · Arthur Weasley · Harry Potter
Auror Office
Heads: Theseus Scamander · Rufus Scrimgeour · Gawain Robards · Harry Potter
Mordecai Berrycloth · John Dawlish · Penelope Fawley · Dorian Fungbury · Timothy Hale · Alice Longbottom · Frank Longbottom · Neville Longbottom · Patricia McManners · Alastor Moody · Alastor Moody's father · Riya Patel · Proudfoot · Savage · Kingsley Shacklebolt · Nymphadora Tonks · Ronald Weasley · Williamson · Unidentified Aurors · Helen Thistlewood · Solomon Sallow · Aesop Sharp · Aesop Sharp's partner · Unidentified male Auror at Hogwarts · Director of the Investigation Department No. 61042
Improper Use of Magic Office
Heads: Travers · Dolores Umbridge
Mafalda Hopkirk · Honoria's fiancé · Mafalda Hopkirk's Ministerial Superior · Rufus Fudge · Orabella Nuttley · Chester Davies · Linderina Crane
Other personnel
Council of Magical Law guards · Leta Lestrange · Minerva McGonagall · Elphinstone Urquart · Elton Elderberry · Alastor Gumboil · Arnold Peasegood · Arthur Weasley · Perkins · Bilius Finbok · Cerberus Langarm · Hermione Granger · Bob Ogden · Constance Pickering · Ruth Singer · Tulip Karasu's mother · Tulip Karasu's father · Dempster Wiggleswade · Amelia Bones's assistant · Arthur Weasley's ten subordinates · Unidentified Hit Wizard · Unidentified Wizengamot clerk · Director of the Investigation Department and Ministry Police