Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet
- Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet
Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine (1728 - 1795) was the 1st baronet of the Erskine of Torrie creation. He was the son of Colonel the Hon. William Erskine, deputy governor of Blackness Castle, Linlithgowshire, and grandson of David Erskine, second Lord Cardross.[H. M. Stephens, ‘Erskine, Sir William, second baronet (1770–1813)’, rev. Roger T. Stearn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8878, accessed 30 May 2008] ] ]Erskine first married Magdalen Myrton, daughter of Robert Myrton of Gogar, and then Frances Moray, daughter of James Moray of Abercairny.
His son by his second wife, Frances, William, the 2nd baronet. He had another son, James, who was an officer in the 133rd (Fraser's) foot,[ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18660.htm#i186598 Peerage.com] ] His third son John, also became baronet, on the death if his brother James.]References
* [http://www.silverwhistle.co.uk/lobsters/erskine.html profile]
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* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18660.htm#i186598 Peerage.com]
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