Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn

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Robert Francis St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn (2 March 18336 September 1890), known as Lord Loughborough until 1866, was a Scottish Conservative politician.

Rosslyn was the son of James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn. He served under Lord Salisbury as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (chief government whip in the House of Lords) from 1886 to 1890.

On 8 November 1866, he married Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy and they had five children:


Political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Barrington
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
1886 – 1890
Succeeded by
The Earl of Yarborough
Freemasonry offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Dalhousie
Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland

1870 – 1873
Succeeded by
Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, Bt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James St Clair-Erskine
Earl of Rosslyn
1866 – 1890
Succeeded by
James St Clair-Erskine

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