Family of Thomas Erskine and Frances Moore
Husband: Thomas Erskine
| Name: |
Thomas Erskine |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
21 Jan 1749/50 |
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Title |
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1st Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle |
| Death |
17 Nov 1823 (age 73) |
Almondell, Linlithgowshire, Scotland |
Wife: Frances Moore
| Name: |
David Montagu Erskine |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Frances Cadwalader (1781-1843) |
| Birth |
12 Aug 1776 |
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| Title |
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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.
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