V. 1710. 5. Alexander (Erskine), Earl of Kellie, &c. [S.], only s. and h., styled Viscount Fenton till he suc. to the peerage [S]. in March 1710. He favoured the Jacobite rising of 1745, and surrendered himself II July 1746[1], being kept prisoner at Edinburgh Castle till 11 Oct. 17?9, when, there being no indictment against him, he was released. He m. firstly, Louisa, da. of William Moray, of Abercairny, co. Perth. She d. s.p. at Kellie, 11 Nov. 1729. Fun. entry at Lyon office. He m. secondly Janet, da. of Archibald Pitcairn. M.D.,a Well-known Jacobite Physician and Poet. He d. at Kellie, 3 April 1756. His widow d. at Drmnsheugh, 7 June 1 770.
VI. 1756. 6. Thomas Alexander (Erskine), Earl of Kellie, &c. [S.], s. and h., by second wife; b. 1 Sep. 1732, styled Viscount Fenton till he suc. to the peerage [S.] in April 1756 He is known as "the musical Earl," his composition and performance (on the violin) being famous, while his " coarse joviality made him one of the best known men of his time."[2] In 1760 he sold all his estates except the mansion house of Kellie. He d. unm. at Brussels 9 Oct. 1781, in his 50th year. Will pr. Dec. 1781.
VII. 1781. 7. Archibald (Erskine), Earl of Kellie, &c. [S.], br. and h., b. 22 April 1736, at Kellie ; an officer in the Army, becoming finally, 1782. Lieut Col. of the 104th Foot; suc. to the peerage [S.], 9 Oct. 1781. Rep. Peer [S ] 1790-88. He d. unm 8 May 1797, aged 81, at Kellie.
VIII. 1797. 8. Charles (Erskine), Earl of Kellie, &c. [S.], cousin and h. male, being 3d and yst. s. of Sir Charles Erskine, 6th Bart. [S.], of Cambo, co. Fife, by (—), da. of (—) Cheyne, which Sir Charles (d. 6 March 1790), was s. and b. of David Erskine, Lyon Depute (d. 7 Oct. 1769), who (being yr. br. to the 3d, 4th, and 5th Barts., all of whom d. unm.), was 5th s. of Sir Alexander Erskine, 2d Bart. [S.], Lyon King of Arms (d. 1727), s. and h. of the Hon. Sir Charles Erskine, cr. a Baronet [S.], 20 Aug. 1666. Lyon King of Arms (d. Feb. 1677), who was yr. br. to the 2d and 3d Earls, being 3d s. of the 1st Earl of Kellie He was b about 1764; was sometime Capt. in the Fifeshire Light Dragoons. He suc. to the Baronetcy [S.] on the death of his elder br., Sir William Erskine, 7th Bart., 2 Oct. 1791, and suc. to the peerage [S] on the death of his cousin, the 7th Earl, 8 May 1797. He d. unm. 28 Oct. 1799, aged 35, at Folkestone, co. Kent, and was bur. 9 Nov. in the church there. M.I.
IX. 1799. 9. Thomas (Erskine), Earl of Kellie, &c. [S.] uncle and h., being 5th s. of David Erskine (Lyon Depute) above named, by his second wife ( - ) da of (— ) Young, of Edinburgh ; b. about 1745 ; British Consul at Gotenburgh in Sweden 1775 ; suc. to the peerage (S.) 28 Oct. 1799 ; Knight Com. of the Order of Gustavua Vasa of Sweden, having royal lie, 8 July 1808, to wear the ensigns thereof; Lord Lieut, co. Fife, 1804 ; Rep Peer [S.], 1804-06, and 1807—28. He married, in 1771, at Gothenburgh, Anne, da. of Adam Gordon, of Ardoch. He died s.p. 6 Feb. 1828 aged 84, at Cambo house, co. Fife. Will pr. May 1828. His widow d. at Cambo house aged. 20 .March 1829.
X. 1828. 10. Methven (Erskine), Earl of Kellie [1619], Viscount Fenton [1606 and 1619] and Baron Erskine OF Dibletoun [1604], also a Baronet [1666] all in the kingdom of Scotland, br. and h., being 6th and yst s. of David Erskine, above named. He was b. about 1750; was sometime of Bengal in India, but afterwards of Airdrie, co. Fife. He suc. to the peerage [S.] 6 Feb. 1828. He m. 10 July 1781 at Edinbuigh. Johanna (sister to Anne, Countess of Kellie, above named), da. of Adam Gordon of Ardoch. He d. s.p. 1828[3] or 1829.
- ↑ (a) He was one of the three Peers excepted from the Act of Indemnity of 1747 See vol. ii, p. 252, note "d" sub. " Clancarty."
- ↑ (b) Nat. Bigor., where it is added that "Dr. Burney said that he [the Earl] was possessed of more musical science than any dilettante with whom he was ever acquainted."
- ↑ ( c ) No evidence of bis death or burial was given in the claim to the title beyond a deposition that it was "a very short time " after that of his brother, to whom he was but little junior, and that he was "a great invalid and lived in retirement very much."
