entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1826; appointed Assistant Collector and Magistrate of Dacca, 1829; Assistant Secretary in the Judicial and Territorial Department, 1830; and, after being appointed to and holding the offices of Joint Magistrate and Dep. Collector of Benares (1832), Assistant Commissioner of Revenue (1836), Political Agent at Sulathoo (1841), and British Resident at Nepaul, retired from the Service in 1853; m. 1st, 1829, Margaret, daughter of John Martyn, Esq. (she d. 1862); 2ndly, 1865, Mary Louisa, daughter of Col. Alexander Campbell, C.B. K.H. of Blackburn-house, Ayrshire, and has, with other issue, William Macnaghten, b. 1841 (late an officer in the 9th Lancers), who m. 1864, Caroline Alice Martha, daughter of the late William Grimble, Esq. of Albany-street, Regent's-park.Residence,—35, Upper Seymour-street, W.Clubs,—Oriental,—Conservative.
—David, m. 1839.—Edward Morris, m. 1847.—James Stuart, b. 1822, m. 1853.
Sisters living,—Frances, m. 1824, (Shaw).—Elizabeth, b. 1812, m. 1832, Sir St. Vincent Keene Hawkins-Whitshed, 2nd Bart.
Creation,—Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1806. [The first Baron was the celebrated lawyer.]
Arms,—Quarterly: 1st, argent, a pale, sable, Erskine; 2nd, azure, a bend, between six cross crosslets fitchée, or, Marr; 3rd, or, a fesse, cheeky, azure, and argent, Stuart of Kirkhill; 4th, argent, three bars gemelles, gules, surmounted by a lion rampant, sable, Fairfax. Crest.—A dexter arm embowed and grasping a club, proper. Supporters.—Dexter, a heron, wings inverted, holding in the beak an eel, proper; sinister, a griffin, wings elevated, gules; each charged with a mullet for difference.
Residence,—Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey.Club,—Oriental.
ERSKINE, Baron,—His lordship's predecessor was his father, David Montague, 2nd Baron Erskine, who was b. 1776; succeeded his father, Nov. 17, 1823; m. 1st, Jan. 3, 1800, Frances, daughter of General Cadwallader, of Philadelphia, (she d. 1843), having issue five sons and ten daughters; his lordship m. 2ndly, July 29, 1843, Ann Bond, daughter of John Travis, Esq. (she d. 1851); 3rdly, Dec. 21, 1852, Anna, widow of Thomas Calderwood Durham, Esq. and d. March 19, 1855, without issue from last marriages.
ERSKINE, Baroness,—Anna, daughter of William Cunninghame Cunninghame Graham, Esq. of Gartmore: m. 1st, Thomas Calderwood Durham, Esq. of Largo, (he d. 1842); 2ndly, 1852, as his 3rd wife, the 2nd Baron Erskine, (he d. 1855); 3rdly, 1856, as his 2nd wife, the Ven. John Sandford, B.D.,—who d. 1873,—Archdeacon of Coventry, and Rector of Alvechurch.
Residence,—The Greenways, Leamington.
Erskine, family name of the Earl of Buchan.
Erskine,„ family„ name of the„ Earl of Mar and Kellie.
Erskine,„ (St. Clair-Erskine), family name of the Earl of Rosslyn.
Eskdaile, Lord, grandson of the Duke of Buccleuch. (see Buccleuch.)
Eslington, Lord, son of the Earl of Ravensworth. (see Ravensworth.)
