Family and Education
b. 1 Nov. 1746, 2nd s. of Henry David, 10th Earl of Buchan [S], by Agnes, da. of Sir James Steuart, 1st Bt., of Goodtrees, Edinburgh, solicitor-gen. [S]; bro. of Hon. Thomas Erskine. educ. by Richard Dick at St. Andrews; St. Andrews Univ. 1760; Glasgow Univ. 1764; Edinburgh Univ. 1766; adv. 1768. m. (1) 30 Mar. 1772, Christina (d. 9 May 1804), da. and h. of George Fullerton of Broughton Hall, Edinburgh, comptroller of customs at Leith, 2s. 2da.; (2) 7 Jan. 1805, Erskine, da. of Alexander Munro, merchant in Glasgow, wid. of James Turnbull, adv., of Edinburgh, s.p.
Offices Held
Ld. advocate Aug. 1783 – Jan. 1784, 1806 – 07; adv. and state councillor to Prince of Wales [S] 1783 – 1806, state councillor 1812 – d.; dean of faculty [S] Dec. 1785 – Jan. 1796; commr. of inquiry, administration of justice [S] Nov. 1808; dir. (extraordinary) Bank of Scotland 1789 – 91, 1795 – 98, 1810 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Almondell, Linlithgow.
Notes
Alexander Fergusson, Henry Erskine (1882); see also Brougham, Life and Times, i. 229.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
ERSKINE, Hon. Henry (1746-1817)
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