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

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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.

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:

Elyne Violet Erskine (born-died 2 August 1893)
Major John Francis Ashley Erskine, Lord Erskine (26 April 1895 – 3 May 1953)
Captain Hon. Francis Walter Erskine (9 January 1899 – 1972)

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

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

References

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

Political offices
Preceded byThe Duke of Buccleuch	Lord Clerk Register 1936–1944	Succeeded byLord Elphinstone
Honorary titles
Preceded byThe Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield	Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire 1898–1955	Succeeded byJames Paton Younger
Preceded byThe Duke of Roxburghe	Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle 1932–1949	Succeeded byLord Elphinstone
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded byWalter Erskine	Earl of Mar Earl of Kellie 1888–1955	Succeeded byJohn Erskine

v t e Chancellors of the Order of the Thistle
George V	John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar
Edward VIII	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar
George VI	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone
Elizabeth II	Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of Hirsel John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
Charles III	David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch

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