John Maxwell Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick, (14 December 1893 – 14 December 1980) was a Scottish banker. He acted as
Governor of Northern Ireland
The governor of Northern Ireland was the principal officer and representative in Northern Ireland of the British monarch. The office was established on 9 December 1922 and abolished on 18 July 1973.
Overview
The office of Governor of Northern I ...
from 1964 to 1968.
Life
Lord Erskine was born in
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright ( ; ) is a town at the mouth of the River Dee, Galloway, River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, southwest of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie. A former royal burgh, it is the traditional county town of Kirkcudbrightshire.
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, the son of John and Maryanne Erskine, and was educated at
Kirkcudbright Academy
Kirkcudbright Academy is a state funded, six-year secondary school in Kirkcudbright, Scotland with about 400 pupils and 87 staff including teaching, support and administration.
Notable alumni
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He was General Manager of the
Commercial Bank of Scotland
The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. was a Scotland, Scottish commercial bank. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1810, and obtained a royal charter in 1831. It grew substantially through the 19th and early 20th centuries, until 1958, when it merge ...
from 1932 to 1953, and a director from 1951 to 1969. From 1937 to 1940 he was President of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland. In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Scotland. His proposers were James Watt, Robert Grant, Sir
Thomas Barnby Whitson, and
Ralph Allan Sampson
Ralph Allan (or Allen) Sampson FRS FRSE LLD (25 June 1866 – 7 November 1939) was a British astronomer.
Life
Sampson was born in Schull, County Cork in Ireland, then part of the UK. He was the fourth of five children to James Sampson, a Cor ...
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He was knighted in 1949, created a ]baronet
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in 1961 and created a Baron in 1964.[
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Family
He married Henrietta Dunnett in 1922 and they had one son and one daughter. His son Iain Maxwell Erskine succeeded him as 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick.
Sources
''The International Who's Who'', 1980–81
External links
Portrait of Lord Erskine of Rerrick – Art UK website
References
1893 births
1980 deaths
Nobility from Dumfries and Galloway
People from Kirkcudbright
People educated at Kirkcudbright Academy
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knights of Justice of the Order of St John
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
20th-century Scottish businesspeople
Scottish bankers
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
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New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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Hereditary barons created by Elizabeth II
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