Erskine, Alexander

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Dates 1651, 1660
Location Worcester, London
Vocation
Place of Birth Fife?, Scotland
Marriage Anna Kirkpatrick; Mary Dalzell
Issue Anne, John, Alexander, Elizabeth
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), v, 87-8

Third Earl of Kellie. Accompanied King to England in 1651 and taken prisoner at Battle of Worcester. Imprisoned in Tower of London. After short detention released but forced to go abroad. Allowed to return to Scotland in 1657. At Restoration travelled to London to kiss King’s hand. Died 1677