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BUCHAN 383 She d. 12 May 18 19, at Edinburgh. He^. s.p., 19 Apr. 1829, aged 86, at Dryburgh Abbey, which he had bought in 1786, and was bur. there. (') XXV. 1829. 12. Henry David (Erskine), Earl of Buchan, i^c. [S.], nephew and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Henry Erskine, of Amondell, co. Linlithgow, by his ist wife. Christian, da. of George Fullerton, of Broughton Hall, which Henry was next br. to the last Earl, and d. 8 Oct. 18 17, aged 70. He was b. July 1783. His right to the Peerage was established in the House of Lords 21 July 1830. Grand Master of Freemasons 1832-33. He w., istly, 28 Sep. 1809, in London, Elizabeth Cole, yst. da. and coh. of Major Gen. Sir Charles Shipley, Gov. of Grenada, by Mary, da. of James Teale. She d. 5 Oct. 1828. He »;., 2ndly, 26 June 1830, in Picardy Place [PEdinburgh], Eliza- beth, yst. da. of John Harvey, ofCasde Semple, co. Renfrew. She d. 17 Dec. 1838, at Amondell afsd. He ;;?., 3rdly, 26 June 1839, at Leamington, Caroline Rose Stewart, yst. da. of James Primrose M.^xwell, of Tuppendean, Kent. He ^. 13 Sep. 1857, in London, and was /"//r. in Ripon Cathedral, aged 74. His widow ^. 22 Apr. 1893, at a great age. ^Vill pr. 3 July 1893, above

^ 1 1,000.

[Henry Erskine, styled Lord Cardross, s. and h. ap. by ist wife, h. 22 Oct. 1 8 12. He w., 15 May 1832, Jane Halliday, da. of Archibald Torrie, of Gorgie and Edinburgh. He d. v.p., 21 Dec. 1836, aged 24. Admon. Feb. 1839. His widow d. 11 Sep. 1886, at 9 Denmark Terrace, Brighton. Will, as Lady Cardross of Holmes,(^) pr. 21 Sep. 1886, at ^{^i, 015.] [Henry Shipley Erskine, stykd'Lo's.D Cardross, grandson and h. ap., being only s. and h. of Henry Erskine, styled Lord Cardross, and Jane Halliday, his wife, abovenamed. He was ^.21 Aug. 1834, and d. unm. (before his grandfather), 21 Sep. 1849, °^ scarlet fever, at Leamington College, aged 15.] XXVL 1857. 13. David Stuart (Erskine), Earl OF BucHAN, {5fc. [S.], 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h. male by ist wife, b. 6 Nov. 1815. In 1872 he transferred his estates in co. Linlithgow to his if) He was well known as a patron of literature, and an antiquary. " A person whose immense vanity, bordering upon insanity, obscured or rather eclipsed very con- siderable talents." (Sir Walter Scott). " Lord Buchan lived very near us, and came in most mornings in hisshepherd's plaid, with his long white hair flowing over his shoulders. If he were pleased he would bring out some curiosity from his pockets, imaginary relics he set great store by." {Memoirs of a Highland Lady, 1898, p. 289). An interesting article on this Scottish Maecenas appeared in Blackwood, Apr. 1900. V.G. C') Joan Berry, their eldest daughter, sue. her grandfather, the Earl of Buchan, in 1857, as heir of line in the estates of Dryburgh Abbey, co. Berwick, and of the Holmes, near St. Boswells. She was h. 16 Sep. 1833, '"•> ^ -^P""- i^5^» ^^^ ^&'. George Eden Biher, who took the name of Erskine, and d. 25 July 1866. Mrs. Biber-Erskine d. 16 Mar. 1870, leaving issue, who inherit the family estates of Dryburgh, i^c.