ERSKINE, John (1675-1732) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 21 Jan. 1675, 1st s. of Charles Erskine, 21st (and de jure 5th) earl of Mar [S], and Mary, da. of George Maule, 2nd earl of Panmure [S]; bro. of Hon. James Erskine^‡, Ld. Grange, s.c.j. m. (1) 6 Apr. 1703, Margaret (d. 25 Apr. 1707), da. Thomas Hay, 7th earl of Kinnoull [S], sis. George Hay, styled. Visct. Dupplin [S], later 8th earl of Kinnoull [S], 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 20 July 1714, Frances (d.1761), da. Evelyn Pierrepont, marquess of Dorchester (later duke of Kingston), 1da. KT 10 Aug. 1706. d. May 1732.

Offices Held

Commr. justiciary Highlands [S] 1697- aft. 1702, exch. [S] 1698, auditing treasury accts. [S] 1698, trade [S] 1698, plantation of kirks [S] 1698, union with England 1706; PC [S] 1697 – 1708; jt. sec. of state [S] 1705 – 08; PC 1707 – 14; kpr. of signet [S] 1708 – 09; sec. of state 1713–14. CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 79, 132; 1698, pp. 66, 322, 405, 407, 431–32; 1702–3, pp. 353, 571; 1704–5, p. 339; HMC Hamilton, ii. 147; CTB 1708, pp. 175, 237, 369; xxvii. 366.

Gov. and capt. coy. of ft. Stirling castle 1699–1714. CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 38.; col. regt. of ft. [S] 1702–6. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 463.

Parlimentarian

ERSKINE, John (1675-1732)

Associated with: Alloa Tower; Braemar Castle, Aberdeen; Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeen; Corgaff Castle, Aberdeen; Privy Garden, Westminster.HMC Mar and Kellie, i. 222; London Jnl. xviii. 27; CTB 1713, p. 195; HMC Portland, x. 389.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, National Trust for Scotland, Alloa Tower; oil on canvas (double portrait with son) by Sir G. Kneller, c.1715, National Trust for Scotland, Alloa Tower; oil on canvas, school of Sir G. Kneller, Historic Scotland, Edinburgh; oil on canvas, studio of Sir G. Kneller, Government. Art Coll.

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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