Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet
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Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine (d. 1795) was the 1st baronet of the Erskine of Torrie creation. He was the son of Colonel the Hon. William Erskine, deputy governor of Blackness Castle, Linlithgowshire, and grandson of David Erskine, second Lord Cardross.[1]
Erskine first married Magdalen Myrton, daughter of Robert Myrton of Gogar, and then Frances Moray, daughter of James Moray of Abercairny.[2]
His son by his second wife, Frances, William, the 2nd baronet. He had another son, James, who was an officer in the 133rd (Fraser's) foot,[1] and became baronet on his elder brother's death.[2] His third son John, also became baronet, on the death if his brother James.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b H. M. Stephens, ‘Erskine, Sir William, second baronet (1770–1813)’, rev. Roger T. Stearn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 30 May 2008
- ^ a b c Peerage.com
