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Family of Thomas Erskine and Frances Moore
| Husband: | Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) | |
| Wife: | Frances Moore ( -1805) | |
| Children: | David Montagu Erskine (1777-1855) | |
| Marriage | 29 May 1770 | |
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
| Name: | Frances Moore | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Daniel Moore ( - ) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Death | 22 Dec 1805 | |
Child 1: David Montagu Erskine
| Name: | David Montagu Erskine | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Frances Cadwallader ( -1843) | |
| Children: | Thomas Americus Erskine (1802-1877) | |
| John Cadwallader Erskine (1804-1882) | ||
| David 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#i6 0361 | |
| Birth | 1777 | |
| Title | 2nd Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle | |
| Death | 19 Mar 1855 (age 77-78) | |