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Dates c.1625-1640
Location London
Vocation Courtier
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage 1st wife Mary Douglas (d.1628); 2nd wife Dorothy Knyvett
Issue 7 children
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Became sixth earl of Buchan through his first wife, Mary Douglas. Became one of lords of bedchamber after accession of Charles I. Erskine chiefly resided in London where he died in 1640, although he was buried at Auchterhouse, Forfarshire.