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Family of Thomas Erskine and Frances Moore

Husband: Thomas Erskine

  • Name:

  • Thomas Erskine

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note (shared):

  • Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, 1750-1823, British jurist, b. Edinburgh. He was admitted to the bar in 1778. His eloquence and forensic skill won Erskine an enormous practice, during which he made notable contributions to commercial law. He is chiefly remembered for his defense of radicals at the time of the French Revolution, when prosecutions for sedition and libel were numerous. He defended Thomas Paine's publication of The Rights of Man against a charge of sedition, and his defense of the dean of St. Asaph led to a liberal revision (1792) of the laws of libel. Erskine served (1783-84, 1790-1806) in Parliament and was (1806-7) lord chancellor. He was elevated to the peerage in 1806.

    Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/ErsknT.asp

  • Birth:

  • 21 Jan 1749/50

  • Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

  • Title:

  •  

  • 1st Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle

  • Death:

  • 17 Nov 1823 (age 73)

  • Almondell, Linlithgowshire, Scotland

Wife: Frances Moore

Child 1: David Montagu Erskine

  • Name:

  • David Montagu Erskine

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Frances Cadwalader (1781-1843)

  • Children:

  • Thomas Americus Erskine (1802-1877)

  •  

  • John Cadwalader Erskine (1804-1882)

  •  

  • David Montagu Erskine (1816-1903)

  • Note (shared):

  • David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle was educated between 1787 and 1792 in Winchester College, England. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1797 with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1802 entitled to practice as a barrister. He was Envoy to Washington between 1806 and 1810.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Portsmouth between February 1806 and October 1806. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle, on 17 November 1823. He was Envoy to Stuttgart between 1824 and 1828. He was Envoy to Munich between 1828 and 1843.

    Source: http://thepeerage.com/p6037.htm#i60361

  • Birth:

  • 12 Aug 1776

  •  

  • Title:

  •  

  • 2nd Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle

  • Death:

  • 19 Mar 1855 (age 78)

  • Butlers Green, Sussex

Note on Husband: Thomas Erskine - shared note

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, 1750-1823, British jurist, b. Edinburgh. He was admitted to the bar in 1778. His eloquence and forensic skill won Erskine an enormous practice, during which he made notable contributions to commercial law. He is chiefly remembered for his defense of radicals at the time of the French Revolution, when prosecutions for sedition and libel were numerous. He defended Thomas Paine's publication of The Rights of Man against a charge of sedition, and his defense of the dean of St. Asaph led to a liberal revision (1792) of the laws of libel. Erskine served (1783-84, 1790-1806) in Parliament and was (1806-7) lord chancellor. He was elevated to the peerage in 1806.

Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/ErsknT.asp

Note on Child 1: David Montagu Erskine - shared note

David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle was educated between 1787 and 1792 in Winchester College, England. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1797 with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1802 entitled to practice as a barrister. He was Envoy to Washington between 1806 and 1810.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Portsmouth between February 1806 and October 1806. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle, on 17 November 1823. He was Envoy to Stuttgart between 1824 and 1828. He was Envoy to Munich between 1828 and 1843.

Source: http://thepeerage.com/p6037.htm#i60361