David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan

David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan (* 1672 - 14 October 1745 in London ), was a Scottish nobleman and politician .

Life

His father was Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross ; his mother was Catherine, daughter of James Stewart of Kirkhill. With the death of his father on May 21, 1693, he inherited his title as Lord Cardross . After the death of his great-uncle William Erskine, 8th Earl of Buchan , a dispute broke out over his property, which was decided by Parliament in 1698 on the basis of old succession regulations. With this decision in favor of David he inherited all possessions of his great-uncle as well as his title Earl of Buchan and Lord Auchterhouse .

In his younger years, David was a successful politician. 1697 he was by Wilhelm III. appointed to the Privy Council ; Queen Anne did not want to forego his advice either. He served as governor of Blackness Castle from 1702 to 1707 and from 1710 to 1714.

During the First Jacobite Rebellion in 1715 he supported the Duke of Argyll in suppressing the rebellion. In gratitude for this, as well as for supporting the Brunswick-Lüneburg claims to the throne, he was honored by George I with the office of Lord Lieutenant for Selkirkshire and Clackmannanshire , which he held between 1715 and 1734.

From 1715 and 1734 he was also a representative of the Scottish nobility ( Representative Peer ) member of the British House of Lords . In 1734 he then lodged a formal protest. He wanted to draw attention to the grievance that the implementation of the Treaty of Union through the Act of Union would restrict the rights of the Scottish aristocrats and hinder their parliamentary work. As a result of this protest, he was dismissed from all his offices.

David died impoverished and without a will in London and was buried three days later in Hampstead. His remaining possessions were handed over to a believer on December 12, 1745.

He was married twice. From his first marriage, on February 11, 1697, to Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax (an insignificant writer, but son-in-law of Thomas Browne ) came the daughters Frances and Katherine Anne and the son and heir Henry David ; six other sons, some of whom died in childhood, are mentioned. The second marriage, concluded on September 15, 1743, with Isabella, daughter of William Blackett, 1st Baronet Blackett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, remained childless.

literature

• James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Lord Lyon King of Arms: The Scots Peerage . tape 2 . Douglas, Edinburgh 1909, Erskine, Earl of Buchan , p. 274 f . ( online at www.archive.org [accessed September 1, 2014]).

Web links

• David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan on thepeerage.com , accessed September 15, 2016.
• Buchan, Earl of (S, 1469). cracroftspeerage.co.uk, accessed September 1, 2014 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
William Erskine	Earl of Buchan 1695-1745	Henry Erskine
Henry Erskine	Lord Cardross 1693-1745	Henry Erskine