Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, (17 April 1710 – 1 December 1767), styled Lord Auchterhouse until 1745, was a Scottish peer. Buchan was the eldest surviving son of David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan, by Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax (a grandson of

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). He was elected a Fellow of the

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between 1745 and 1746.
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Lord Buchan married Agnes, daughter of Sir James Steuart, 7th Baronet, on 31 January 1739. His elder daughter was Lady

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. This resulted in part from caring for her father at the end of his life. They had five other children: *David Erskine, Lord Cardross (1741–1747) * David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (b.1 June 1742; d.19 April 1829) *Hon. Henry Erskine (b. 1 November 1746; d.1817), the father of Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan *

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(b.10 January 1750; d.1823) *Lady Isabella Erskine (d. 1824) Lord Buchan died at Walcot,

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, on 1 December 1767, aged 57, and his funeral was conducted by

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. He was succeeded in the earldom by his second but eldest surviving son, David. The Countess of Buchan died at

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, in December 1778, aged 61.

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