Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar

Walter Henry Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar and 13th Earl of Kellie (17 December 1839 – 16 September 1888) was a Scottish peer.

Mar was the son of Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Kellie and Elise Youngson. On 14 October 1853, he married Mary Anne Forbes (1838-22 May 1927), daughter of William Forbes. They had nine children.

Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar (1865–1955)
Elyne Mary Erskine (1866-1891)
Constance Elise Erskine (1869-1959)
Rt. Hon. Sir William Augustus Forbes Erskine (1871–1952)
Mary Erskine (1872-1873)
Louisa Frances Erskine (b. 1875)
Frances Elizabeth Erskine (b. 1877)
Alice Maud Mary Erskine (b. 1878)
Alexander Penrose Forbes Erskine (1881–1925)

In popular culture

The Genesis song "Eleventh Earl of Mar" on their album Wind & Wuthering (1977) depicts the failure of the unsuccessful Jacobite campaign and the innocence of the Earl's young son.^[1]

References

^ Wind and Wuthering

Masonic offices
Preceded by Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, Bt.	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1882 – 1885	Succeeded by Archibald Campbell
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Walter Erskine	Earl of Kellie 1872 – 1888	Succeeded by Walter Erskine
Preceded by Walter Erskine	Earl of Mar 1875 – 1888	Succeeded by Walter Erskine