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Erde, John Michael, son of Herbert John Erde, hotel man., and Elsie May, d. of Alfred Ernest Lea of Birmingham; b. 21 July 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (B), (KS) Sept. 1937; left 1941; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1945, MA 1973; RNVR 1944-6 (Sub-Lieut. (A)); MICE; BR 1947-51; Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners 1952-65; Sandford Fawcett Wilton & Bell 1965, partner 1973; consult. L. G. Mouchel & Partners 1983-8; m. 19 Jan. 1957 Susan Jenefer, d. of Alan Robert Cecil Westlake CSI CIE, Indian Civil Service, of Farnham, Surrey.

ERSKINE, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Erskine, Chief Clerk, Home Office, and Maria Lucie de Chastelain (IGI); b. 14 Jul 1868; adm. (G) Feb 1882; head of Grants 1886 (and founded Grantite Review Mar 1884); left (with Triplett) Jul 1887; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1887; BA 1890; MA 1894; BD 1901; Wells Theol. College 1890; ordained 1892; Curate, St. Peter Port, Guernsey 1892-4, St. Mark’s, Hamilton Terrace, London, from 1894; d. at St. Moritz, Switzerland 18 Dec 1905. [mother probably dau. of Adolphe Emanuel de Chastelain, Merton, Surrey (IGI)]

ERSKINE, CLAUDE FRANCIS, son of Claudius James Erskine, Judge and Sessions Judge, EICS Bombay, and Emily Georgina, dau. of Lestock Robert Reid, EICS Bombay, member of Council, Bombay; b. 15 Oct 1855; adm. from Clifton Coll. 15 Apr 1868 (James'); left May 1871; entered Indian Civil Service, Survey Dept., Jun 1880, Assistant Superintendent Dec 1881, Deputy Superintendent Jan 1896, retired Oct 1910; m. 28 Dec 1885 Mary Katherine Erskine, dau. of Torin Thatcher, Poona, India; d. 30 Oct 1925.

ERSKINE, JAMES FRANCIS, brother of John Francis Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1752 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Ensign, 16th Foot 27 May 1758; Lieut., 90th Foot 15 Dec 1759; Capt., 115th Foot 18 Oct 1761; half-pay 1763; 18th Dragoons 5 Jun 1771; retired 3 Jan 1773; m. 18 Jul 1791 (in London, after a previous marriage in Stuttgart) Magdaleine Baller, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg; d. 5 Apr 1806.

ERSKINE, JOHN FRANCIS, 7TH EARL OF MAR (S), elder son of James Erskine, Knight Marischal, advocate, and Frances, only dau. of John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar (S), by his second wife, and half-sister of Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1751 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Cornet, 9th Dragoons 27 May 1757; Lieut., 1st Horse 31 Dec 1759; Capt., 15 Jun 1764; 18th Dragoons 5 Jun 1771; retired 1776; inherited family estates at Alloa on death of his mother 20 Jun 1776; restored to “the dignity and title of Earl of Mar” by Act of Parliament 17 Jun 1824; m. 17 Mar 1770 Frances, dau. of Charles Floyer, EICS Madras, Governor of Madras; d. 20 Aug 1825.

ERSKINE, JOHN, second son of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Henry Erskine, Bart., MP, and Janet, dau. of Peter Wedderburn, Lord Chesterhall SCJ, of Chesterhall, Haddingtonshire, and sister of Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn PC, Lord Chancellor; b.; adm. 17 Sep 1773; Min. Can. 1776; KS (Capt., aged 13) 1777; Capt. of the School 1780; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 - Jun 1792, Faculty Student 12 Jun 1792 - void by marriage 13 Nov 1802; BA 1785; MA 1788; BCL and DCL 1802; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 May 1780, called to bar 30 May 1788; Filazer in Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex 1794; Commissary-General at Toulon 1793, in Corsica 1794, and in Portugal 1797; Comptroller of Army Accounts from 9 Oct 1802; m. Nov 1802 Mary, dau. of Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., MP; d. at Malta 10 Feb 1817.

Erskine, Keith David, son of Sir James Malcolm Monteith Erskine MP and Cicely Grace, d. of Rev. Charles Penrose Quicke, Rector of Ashbrittle, Somerset; b. 11 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (KS), (A) Jan. 1921; left July 1924; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1933; RA 1940-5, despatches (Italy) Aug. 1944 and Nov. 1945; sen. partner Hextall Erskine & Co., solicitors; chairman Metal Closures group 1959; man. dir. Kensington Palace Hotels Ltd; chairman Multiple Sclerosis Soc. National Appeal; m. 1st 21 Oct. 1936 Kathleen Diana, d. of Charles William Keyser of Eaton Hall, Retford; 2nd 23 Nov. 1944 Audrey Rosemary, d. of John Skinner; d. 23 Apr. 1974 after a road accident in Argyll.

Essex, Barrington David, son of Lionel Essex of Ealing and Phyllis Sybil, d. of Edward Harrison of Ealing; b. 29 Apr. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1954; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1954, but did not graduate; a chartered accountant, FCA 1962; m. 1st, Nov. 1960 June Conrad; 2nd, July 1976 Sandra Raeburn of Angmering, Sussex; d. 27 Feb. 2008.

Estall, Arthur Cecil, only son of Thomas Estall, of Kensington, by Emily, daughter of George Tilly, of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey; b. Oct. 3, 1890; adm. April 26, 1901 (H); left July 1902; readm. Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1909; became a clerk in the Bank of England and subsequently went into the bill broking business; joined the H. A. C. in 1909, and was promoted Corporal 1914; went out to the western front in Sept. 1914 and was invalided home in Jan. 1915; 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. March 22, 1915; Lieut. Sept. 16, 1915; Capt. May 2, 1916; returned to the front Sept. 18, 1916; d. Aug. 8, 1917, at the 7th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, of wounds received in action, north of Ypres, Aug. 6, 1917; in 1935 his mother gave £1000 to the War Memorial Fund, the interest to be used in assisting in the education of boys at the school; unm.

ESTE, CHARLES, son of Michael Este, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Frances, dau. of Richard Tighe, Alderman of Dublin; b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1711; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1715, matr. 23 Jun 1715, Westminster Student 12 Dec 1715 - void 1728, Tutor 1722-4; BA 1719; MA 9 Mar 1721/2; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 9 May 1736; ordained; Chaplain to Most Rev. Hugh Boulter DD, Archbishop of Armagh 1724; Rector of Derrynoose, co. Armagh 9 Jan 1726/7 [check]; held other livings in diocese of Armagh to 1736; Archdeacon of Armagh 5 Apr 1730 - Feb 1732/3, Chancellor 13 Feb 1732/3 - Feb 1735/6; consecrated Bishop of Ossory 1 Feb 1735/6; translated to Waterford 4 Oct 1740; edited the first volume of Carmina Quadragesimalia, 1723; m. ---, widow of Francis Clements, and dau. of Francis Dobbs, Carrickmacross, co. Monaghan; d. 29 Nov 1745. DNB.