382 BUCHAN of Norwich, the well-known author. She d. 31 July I7i9.(') He ;«., 2ndly, 15 Sep. 1743, Isabella, da. of Sir William Blackett, Bart., by Julia, da. of Sir Christopher Conyers, Bart. He d. in London 14, and was bur. 17 Oct. 1745, at Hampstead, Midx., in his 74th year.C') Admon. 12 Dec. 1745, to a creditor. His widow d. s.p., in the parish of St. Geo., Han. Sq., 14, and was bur. 21 May 1763, at Hampstead afsd. Will dat. 2 Nov. 1761, pr. 2 June 1763. [Henry David Erskine, styled Lord Auchterhouse,(') ist s. and h. ap. by 1st wife, b. 21 Sep. 1699, d. an infant and unm.] [David Erskine, styled Lord Auchterhouse,('=) 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. ap., b. 22 Apr. 1703, d. young and unm.] XXin. 1745. 10. Henry David (Erskine), Earl of Buchan, 6fc. [S.], 3rd but I St surv. s. and h. by ist wife, b. 17 Apr. 1710. F.R.S. 10 Jan. 1733/4. Grand Master of Freemasons [S.] 1745-46. He m., 31 Jan. 1739, Agnes, 2nd da. of Sir James Steuart, Bart, Sol. Gen. [S.], by Ann, da. of Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart. He d. at Walcot, Somer- set, I, and was bur. 21 Dec. 1767, at Holyrood House Abbey, aged 57.() His widow d. 17 Dec. 1778, at Edinburgh.(') [David Erskine, styled 'Lo-b.x> Cardross, s. and h. ap., b. 12 June 1741 ; d. an infant at Edinburgh 4 Oct. 1747, in his 7th year.] XXIV. 1767. II. David Steuart (Erskine), Earl OF BucHAN, £s?c. [S.], 2nd, but I St surv. s. and h., b. i June 1742, O.S. Ed. at Glasgow and Leyden Univs. For a few years in the 32nd Foot. LL.D. Glasgow 1763, and again 1766. F.R.S. 27 June 1765. F.S.A. 15 Feb. 1766. Sec. to the Brit. Embassy in Spain Nov. 1766-67. Grand Master of Freemasons [S.] 1782-84. Hew., 15 Oct. 1 771, at Aberdeen, Margaret, ist da. of (his cousin) WilliamFRASER,ofFraserfield,co. Aberdeen. (*) From her letters she appears to have been a woman of spirit and talent. V.G. (*) De Foe writes of him to Robert Harley, 19 Feb. 1710/1, as "a person of great integrity and understanding." V.G. (^) See Douglas, vol. i, p. 277. (^) He became a Methodist late in life. "Except a few from curiosity, and some honourable women the congregation was very mean. There was a Scotch Coun- tess of Buchan, who is carrying a pure rosy vulgar face to heaven." (Horace Wal- pole, letter from Bath to John Chute, 10 Oct. 1766). V.G. (*) Their yst. s., the well-known Thomas Erskine, was Lord Chancellor 1806, in which year he was cr. Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle. Their 3rd s., Harry, was the greatest advocate of his time at the Scottish Bar.
