Henry David Erskine was the

Dean of Ripon The Dean of Ripon is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Leeds. The dean is the head of the chapter at Ripon Cathedral – his predecessors were deans of the same church when it was previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Ripo ...

from 1847 until his death on 27 July 1859."Death of the Dean of Ripon", ''

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'' (London, England), 29 July 1859, p. 9. He was the second son of

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, (10 January 175017 November 1823) was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. Background and childhood E ...

and his wife Frances née Moore. He married Lady Mary Harriet Dawson, daughter of John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington on 4 May 1813.

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