Erskine, John (London)

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Dates 1603-c.1615
Location London
Vocation Nobleman
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Jean Hay
Issue Four children
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), v, 523-5; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Nineteenth, or third, Earl of Mar. Admitted to Grey's Inn (1603). MA Oxford (1605). Created knight of the Bath (1610) and was member of the Privy Council in 1615. Appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle (1615) and returned to Scotland. Changed political allegiances but influenced by financial affairs.