23G MAR. of lands in Scotland), he lost that property also in tlio Irish rebellion. He M. Christian, da. of Francis (Hay), Earl ok Erroll [8.J by his third wife Elizabeth, da. of William (Douglas), Earl of Morton [S.]. He d. 1664. XXI, "j 20 ami 4. John (Erskine), Earl of Mar, &c. [S.], and . lOTi-J. s. and h. ; styled Lord Erskink, 1834-54; was in command of IV. the Scotch army in 1610, lint joined the King's side in 1641, was
- at the rmit at" Philiphangh, 13 Sep. 1645, and was lined 24,000
marks j sue. to the peerage [S.J 1654, tho' his estates continued sequestrated till the restoration. (') He w.. firstly (contract 1641), his first cousin, Mary, 1st da. of Walter (Scott), 1st Earl of BUCCLECCB [S.], by Mary, da. of Francis (Hav), Earl of Erroll [S.] abovenamed. She, who was b. Nov. and hap. 3 Dee. 1621, d. s.p., before 23 July 1647. He m. secondly, before 1650, Mary. 1st da. of George (MACKENZIE), 2d Earl of Skafortii [S.], by Barbara, da. of Arthur (Forbes), 9th Lord Forbks [S.] She </. in May and he in Sep. 166S. XXII, "I 21 and S. Charles (Erskine), Earl of Mar, etc. and - 1GG8. [S.], s. and h., 4. 19 Oct. 1650; Styled Lord Erskink from 1654, Y. till he sue. to the peerage [S.], in Sep. 1008. The debts and Cues of his father and grandfather compelled him to alienate great part of his estates, including the Barony of Erskine in Renfrewshire, the original possession of his family. He raised and was, 1679-80, Col. of the 21st foot, known as the Scots Fusileers ; P.C., 1682. He m. Mary, da. of George (Maflk), 2d Earl of Pan-mure [S.], by Jean, da. of John (Camphf-ll), Earl of Loudoun [S.] Having joined the disaffected party, he was arrested in March, aud </, 23 April 1689, aged 38, being bur. at Alloa. His widow «!.() 29 April 1697, at Alloa, Col. John Erskink, 2d 3. of the Hon. Sir Charles Erskine, of Alva. XXIII, "! 1689, 22 and G. Jonx (Erskine), Earl of Mar ami Lord and L to Erskink [S.], s. and h., b. at Alloa, Feb. 1675, and styled Lord VI. I 171G. Erskine, till he sue. to the peerage [S.], in April 16S9, being left • heir to " more debt than estate. "( L ) He took his seat in Pari. [S.], 8 Sep. 1690, " protesting against the calling of any Earl before him in the Koll."(' 1 ) P.C. [8.1 1697; was in command of a Reg. of Foot; one of the Com- missioners, 1705, for the Union [S.] ; K.T., 1706 ; Sec. of State [S.], 1706-07 ; being, after the Union, made Keeper of the Signet [S.], with a pension ; HEP. Pker [S.], 13 Feb. 1707, being re-elected, 1708, 1710 and 1713. C 1 -') P.C. [G.R.] 1708, and one of Secretaries of State, 1713. He signed the proclamation of King George I., for whom he procured a loyal address from the Highland clans, but by whom ho was dismissed from office. He then joined the Stuart cause and proclaimed " King James," at Braemar, 6 Sep. 1715, for whom be was Commander in Chief. At the head of about 12,000 men he was, "thro' the entire absence of common precaution or even any definite arrangements defeated "(') by about 4,000 aud forced to return to Perth, where he attended the Chevalier, at his public entry, 2 Jan. 1715/6. With that ( a ) He lived in a small cottage at the gates of Alloa house till the Restoration (before which event he had become blind) when he was one of the three Earls (Crawford, Sutherland, and Mar), who bore respectively the Crown, Sceptre, and Sword (lately recovered from their hiding place at Dunottar) at the State opening of the Scotch Pari. 1 Jan. 1660/1. ( b ) "Northern N. and Q," I. and II., p. 183, footnote. ( c ) "Memoirs of the Master of Sinclair" (p. 59), as quoted in the "Nat Biogr.," sub " Erskine." ( d ) Wood's " Douglas." He thus disputed the precedence allotted, by virtue of office, to four (Argyll. Crawford, Erroll, and Marischal), of the five Earls who were o» that ground placed, in the " ranking " of 1606, before him (Angus, the remaining one of the five, having obtained a Marquessate) as also the precedence, by virtue of antiquity, allotted therein to Sutherland. (°) His place in tho House of Lords was in accordance with that assigned to tho Earldom of Mar at the ranking of 1605 and on the Union Roll and not (it is almost needless to state) that of the one (evolved by tho House of Lords in 1875) as having been created de novo in 1563. (') " Nat. Biogr.," sub " Erskine."
