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David Erskine (courtier)
David Erskine may refer to: *David Erskine, 2nd Lord Cardross (1627–1671) *David Erskine, Lord Dun (1670–1758) *David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (1742–1829), Scottish eccentric * David Erskine (dramatist) (1772–1837) *David Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine (12 August 1776 – 19 March 1855) was a British diplomat and politician. Background and education A member of Clan Erskine, Erskine was the eldest son of Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, fourth son o ... (1776–1855), British diplomat and peer * David Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan, army officer and jockey * David Charles Erskine (1866–1922), British Member of Parliament for West Perthshire, 1906–1910 * David Erskine (rugby union) (born 1969), former Irish international rugby union player {{hndis, Erskine, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Erskine, 2nd Lord Cardross at Newcastle in 1646, and was a promoter of the "engagement" in 1648, for which he was fined £1,000, and debarred from sitting in parliam ...
David Erskine, 2nd Lord Cardross (baptised 1627 – 1671) was a Scottish Royalist. Life Erskine was the only son of Henry Erskine, second son of the second marriage of John Erskine, Earl of Mar, and heir to the Barony of Cardross, by his wife Margaret, only daughter of Sir James Bellenden of Broughton, near Edinburgh. On the death of his grandfather in December 1634 he became vested in the title of Cardross, and was served heir to his father in the barony, 17 March 1636–7. He was one of the few peers who protested against the delivering up of Charles I to the English army The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Erskine, Lord Dun
David Erskine, Lord Dun (1670–1758), 13th Laird of Dun, was a Scottish advocate, judge and commissioner to parliament. Erskine, son of David Erskine of Dun, near Montrose, in Angus, studied at the universities of St. Andrews and Paris. He became a member of the Faculty of Advocates on 19 November 1698, and soon rose to eminence. He represented Forfarshire at the convention of estates, 1689, and in the parliaments of 1690, 1691, 1693, 1695, and 1696, and opposed the union. In November 1710 he took his seat as an ordinary lord by the title of Lord Dun, and on 13 April 1714 was also appointed a lord of justiciary. He resigned his justiciary gown in 1744 and his office as an ordinary lord in 1753, and died 26 May 1758 in the eighty-fifth year of his age. He is author of a little volume entitled 'Lord Dun's Friendly and Familiar Advices adapted to the various Stations and Conditions of Life,’ 12mo, Edinburgh, 1754. His arguments on the doctrine of passive obedience were assail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Erskine, 11th Earl Of Buchan
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Erskine (dramatist)
Sir David Erskine (1772 – 22 October 1837) was a Scottish dramatist and antiquary. Life Erskine, the natural son of David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, was born in 1772. In early life, he bore a captain's commission in the 31st foot, and also belonged to the York Rangers. On the reduction of the 31st regiment, he was appointed a professor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The Earl of Munster was there placed under his tuition, as were others of William IV's children, and at their request, Erskine received the honour of knighthood on 11 September 1830. His father died in 1829 and bequeathed to him for life the whole of his unentailed estates, including Dryburgh Abbey Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regu ..., Berwickshire, which thenceforth became his permanent re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine
David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine (12 August 1776 – 19 March 1855) was a British diplomat and politician. Background and education A member of Clan Erskine, Erskine was the eldest son of Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, fourth son of Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan. His mother was Frances, daughter of Daniel Moore. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1796. He was called to the Bar of Lincoln's Inn in 1802. Political and diplomatic career Erskine did not practise law; instead he was elected as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth in 1806, in place of his father, who was appointed Lord Chancellor. At the request of Erskine's father to Charles James Fox, then Foreign Secretary, he was appointed Minister to the United States later that year. In 1809, Erskine was recalled by the Foreign Secretary, George Canning, for having offered the withdrawal of the Orders in Council of 1807 against the Americans and his resolution of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Erskine, 13th Earl Of Buchan
David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan DL (6 November 1815 – 3 December 1899), was an army officer, jockey and the son of Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth Cole Shipley, daughter of Major-General Sir Charles Shipley. Career Erskine, whilst still Lord Cardross, entered the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and rose to the rank of Captain. He succeeded his father on his death in 1857 and was appointed Deputy lieutenant of Linlithgow. Personal life Erskine married Agnes Graham Smith, daughter of James Smith of Craigend on 27 April 1849, they had two children together: * Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan (1850-1934) * Hon. Albany Mar Stuart Erskine (1852-1933) Agnes Smith died in 1875 and Lord Buchan remarried on 17 July 1876 to Maria James, daughter of Lt Col William James, eldest son and heir of Charles James, Count of Arran and aunt to Canon Mark James. Erskine lived at West Hagbourne Manor, Didcot in Oxfordshire. He was declared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Charles Erskine
David Charles Erskine (1866 – 26 May 1922) was a British Liberal Party politician. Background Of the landed gentry, he was the son of James Erskine Erskine of Linlathen, near Dundee, and Mary Jane Erskine, née Macnabb. He was educated at Harrow School, France and Germany.Who Was Who Career He was Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada, the Earl of Aberdeen from 1897 to 1898. He was Liberal MP for West Perthshire from 1906 to 1910. He was first elected in 1906, gaining his seat from the Liberal Unionist.British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary for Scotland, John Sinclair in 1906 and served in this position until 1910. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland in 1908 and continued in this role until his death. He stood down from parliament after one term in January 1910 and did not stand again. He served as a justice of the peace and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Erskine (rugby Union)
David James Erskine (born October 14, 1969), is an Irish former rugby union player, who played flanker and lock for Sale Sharks, Ulster and Ireland. Born in Waltham Forest, London, he grew up in Bangor, County Down after his father moved there on business. He attended Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, and represented Ulster Schools at both cricket and rugby. After leaving school he played for C.I.Y.M.S, before moving to Manchester, where he worked in insurance and played rugby for Sale as they returned to the First Division in 1994. He represented the Irish Exiles in the IRFU Interprovincial Championship from 1992 to 1994, after which he was approached by the selectors to represent Ulster. His eligibility to represent the province was initially denied by the IRFU, before being accepted on appeal. He played once for Ulster against Cardiff in the Heineken Cup in 1995, and once in a friendly against Edinburgh District the same year. The following season, Sale refused to release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writer To The Signet
The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet is a private society of Scottish solicitors, dating back to 1594 and part of the College of Justice. Writers to the Signet originally had special privileges in relation to the drawing up of documents required to be signeted, but these have since disappeared and the Society is now an independent, non-regulatory association of solicitors. The Society maintains the Category A listed Signet Library, part of the Parliament House complex in Edinburgh, and members of the Society are entitled to the postnominal letters WS. History Solicitors in Scotland were previously known as "writers"; Writers to the Signet were the solicitors entitled to supervise use of the King's Signet, the private seal of the early Kings of Scots. Records of that use date back to 1369. In 1532, the Writers to the Signet were included as Members in the newly established College of Justice, along with the Faculty of Advocates and the Clerks of the Court of Session. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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