Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan FRS (17 April 1710 – 1 December 1767), styled Lord Auchterhouse until 1745, was a Scottish peer.
Buchan was the eldest surviving son of David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan, by Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1734. A freemason, he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland between 1745 and 1746.
Lord Buchan married Agnes, daughter of Sir James Steuart, 7th Baronet, on 31 January 1739. They had six children. Bio courtesy of Wikipedia.
Portrait by Francis Coats.
Circle of Francis Cotes (British, 1726–1770)
Title: Portrait of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (1710-1767)
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 26.7 x 63.2 cm. (10.5 x 24.9 in.)∼10th Earl of Buchan
On Tuesday last at Walcot, near Bath after a long and painful illness, the Right Hon. Henry David Erskine, Earl of Buchan, Lord Auchterhouse, Cardross, and Glendovechy. His Lordship, in the year 1739, married Miss Agnes Stuart, second daughter of Sir James Stuart, Bart of Coltness; by whom he had nine children, five of whom survive.. him. His corpse arrived at Edinburgh on Sunday the 20th and was privately interred on Monday thereafter in the royal chapel of Holyroodhouse. ref: The Scots Magazine Dec 1767 & Derby Mercury - 11 Dec 1767 pg2 Contributed by GariochGraver
married 31 Jan 1739 Agnes Steuart d/o Sir James Steuart 7th Baronet
They had 9 children - Anne Agnes, David d/y, David Steuart, Henry, Thomas, Isabella
Buchan was the eldest surviving son of David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan, by Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1734. A freemason, he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland between 1745 and 1746.
Lord Buchan married Agnes, daughter of Sir James Steuart, 7th Baronet, on 31 January 1739. They had six children. Bio courtesy of Wikipedia.
Portrait by Francis Coats.
Circle of Francis Cotes (British, 1726–1770)
Title: Portrait of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (1710-1767)
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 26.7 x 63.2 cm. (10.5 x 24.9 in.)∼10th Earl of Buchan
On Tuesday last at Walcot, near Bath after a long and painful illness, the Right Hon. Henry David Erskine, Earl of Buchan, Lord Auchterhouse, Cardross, and Glendovechy. His Lordship, in the year 1739, married Miss Agnes Stuart, second daughter of Sir James Stuart, Bart of Coltness; by whom he had nine children, five of whom survive.. him. His corpse arrived at Edinburgh on Sunday the 20th and was privately interred on Monday thereafter in the royal chapel of Holyroodhouse. ref: The Scots Magazine Dec 1767 & Derby Mercury - 11 Dec 1767 pg2 Contributed by GariochGraver
married 31 Jan 1739 Agnes Steuart d/o Sir James Steuart 7th Baronet
They had 9 children - Anne Agnes, David d/y, David Steuart, Henry, Thomas, Isabella
Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan FRS (17 April 1710 – 1 December 1767), styled Lord Auchterhouse until 1745, was a Scottish peer.
Buchan was the eldest surviving son of David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan, by Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1734. A freemason, he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland between 1745 and 1746.
Lord Buchan married Agnes, daughter of Sir James Steuart, 7th Baronet, on 31 January 1739. They had six children. Bio courtesy of Wikipedia.
Portrait by Francis Coats.
Circle of Francis Cotes (British, 1726–1770)
Title: Portrait of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (1710-1767)
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 26.7 x 63.2 cm. (10.5 x 24.9 in.)∼10th Earl of Buchan
On Tuesday last at Walcot, near Bath after a long and painful illness, the Right Hon. Henry David Erskine, Earl of Buchan, Lord Auchterhouse, Cardross, and Glendovechy. His Lordship, in the year 1739, married Miss Agnes Stuart, second daughter of Sir James Stuart, Bart of Coltness; by whom he had nine children, five of whom survive.. him. His corpse arrived at Edinburgh on Sunday the 20th and was privately interred on Monday thereafter in the royal chapel of Holyroodhouse. ref: The Scots Magazine Dec 1767 & Derby Mercury - 11 Dec 1767 pg2 Contributed by GariochGraver
married 31 Jan 1739 Agnes Steuart d/o Sir James Steuart 7th Baronet
They had 9 children - Anne Agnes, David d/y, David Steuart, Henry, Thomas, Isabella
Buchan was the eldest surviving son of David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan, by Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1734. A freemason, he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland between 1745 and 1746.
Lord Buchan married Agnes, daughter of Sir James Steuart, 7th Baronet, on 31 January 1739. They had six children. Bio courtesy of Wikipedia.
Portrait by Francis Coats.
Circle of Francis Cotes (British, 1726–1770)
Title: Portrait of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (1710-1767)
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 26.7 x 63.2 cm. (10.5 x 24.9 in.)∼10th Earl of Buchan
On Tuesday last at Walcot, near Bath after a long and painful illness, the Right Hon. Henry David Erskine, Earl of Buchan, Lord Auchterhouse, Cardross, and Glendovechy. His Lordship, in the year 1739, married Miss Agnes Stuart, second daughter of Sir James Stuart, Bart of Coltness; by whom he had nine children, five of whom survive.. him. His corpse arrived at Edinburgh on Sunday the 20th and was privately interred on Monday thereafter in the royal chapel of Holyroodhouse. ref: The Scots Magazine Dec 1767 & Derby Mercury - 11 Dec 1767 pg2 Contributed by GariochGraver
married 31 Jan 1739 Agnes Steuart d/o Sir James Steuart 7th Baronet
They had 9 children - Anne Agnes, David d/y, David Steuart, Henry, Thomas, Isabella
Inscription
Henry David Erskine,
tenth Earl of Buchan,
died at Walcot,
near Bath,
1st December,
1767,
in the 58th year of his age,
and was buried 21st December
Gravesite Details
58yrs burial 21 Dec 1765 Holyrood Abbey
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