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,

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, and heir to the

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, 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

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to the English army 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 parliament in 1649.

Family

Cardross was married twice. In 1645 he married, Anne, fifth daughter of

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, by whom he had

Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross Henry Erskine, third Lord Cardross (1650 – 1693), was a Scottish peer and covenanter. Background Erskine was the eldest son of David Erskine, 2nd Lord Cardross, by his first wife, Anne, who was fifth daughter of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet, ...

and a daughter, Margaret, who married William Cunningham of

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. In 1655, he married Mary, youngest daughter of Sir George Bruce of Carnock, Fifeshire, and had several issue, including William of

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. He died in 1671.

References

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Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)