Erskine, Thomas 1st Baron Erskine ♂

Education

Student United College 1761-1763 h,m. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Born 21.1.1750 4th son of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan and Agnes Stewart.

Career

Also at Cambridge University - M.A. 1778.

Served in Navy 1764-1768, and in Army 1768-1775. Barrister 1778. K.C. [King's Council] 1783. M.P. for Portsmouth 1783-1784 and 1790-1796. Attorney General to Prince of Wales 1783-1792. Chancellor of The Duchy of Cornwall 1802-1806. Lord Chancellor1806-1807. Presided at the trial of Lord Melville. [Naval officer, soldier, lawyer, politician]

Created 1st Baron Erskine, 1806.

Death

Died 17.11.1823.

Sources

• Hist. Parl. ii 406