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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.