Walter Erskine, Earl of Mar and Kellie (1865–1955)

Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie KT JP (29 August 1865 – 3 June 1955) was a Scottish nobleman.

Biography

The eldest son of Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar and Mary Anne Forbes, he was educated at Eton and served as a 2nd lieutenant and then lieutenant in the Scots Guards from 1887–92.[1][2]

He succeeded his father in 1888, and in 1892 married Lady Violet Ashley-Cooper, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury. They had three children:

He was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1892–1950, and held office as Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1898[3] and Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet from 1936–44.[4][5] He was also Hereditary Keeper of Stirling Castle,[6] and Honorary Colonel of the 7th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.[7][8] He was successively Brigadier, Ensign, Lieutenant, and Captain in the Royal Company of Archers.[9][10][11][12][13]

He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in the 1911 Coronation Honours[14] and was Chancellor of the Order from 1932–49.[15][16][17] His son, John, having predeceased him, he was succeeded by his grandson, John Erskine, Earl of Mar and Kellie (1921-1993).

References

  1. ^ "No. 26217". The London Gazette. 27 October 1891. p. 5585.
  2. ^ "No. 26331". The London Gazette. 4 October 1892. p. 5559.
  3. ^ "No. 11032". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 October 1898. p. 1013.
  4. ^ "No. 34239". The London Gazette. 3 January 1936. p. 51.
  5. ^ "No. 16105". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 March 1944. p. 73.
  6. ^ "No. 32807". The London Gazette. 20 March 1923. p. 2164.
  7. ^ "No. 28181". The London Gazette. 29 September 1908. p. 7033.
  8. ^ "No. 33858". The London Gazette. 26 August 1932. p. 5498.
  9. ^ "No. 12157". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 July 1909. p. 725.
  10. ^ "No. 13462". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1919. p. 2140.
  11. ^ "No. 13822". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1922. p. 1019.
  12. ^ "No. 15076". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 June 1934. p. 497.
  13. ^ "No. 16534". The Edinburgh Gazette. 16 April 1948. p. 177.
  14. ^ "No. 12366". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 June 1911. p. 625.
  15. ^ "No. 33894". The London Gazette. 20 December 1932. p. 8132.
  16. ^ "No. 38746". The London Gazette. 28 October 1949. p. 5129.
  17. ^ Burke's Peerage 106th edition (1999) page 1860.
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