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John Francis Erskine (1741-1825)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography John Francis Erskine. (1741-1825) (aka. 7th Earl of Mar, the Horse) Son of James and Frances Erskine. Married (1770) to Frances Floyer. Nicknamed the Horse by Boswell and William Temple. He became 7th Earl of Mar in 1824 when that title was restored to the family, after having been lost by his father's uncle John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, due to his role in the Jacobite Rebellion in 1716.[note=1 Life with James Boswell: Boswell and Erskine (and Temple) were classmates in John Stevenson's class in logic and Metaphysics at Edinburgh University in 1756-57. They may have met occasionally afterwards, and we know that Boswell visited Erskine's parents during his 62-63 October 15, 1774, when Boswell visited Erskine at his house in Alloa. External links: Erskine family tree - at Stirnet Notes: Note 1: John, 6th Earl of Mar, was one of the leaders of the Jacobite rebellion in 1715-6, and he proclaimed James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) king of Great Britain on September 6, 1715. When the rebellion collapsed in 1716 he fled with Charles Edward to France and Rome, before he lost favour at the pretender's court. He died in Aachen, Germany, in May 1732. This article was last updated at January 31 2008 22:49:40 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to John Francis Erskine: Erskine, James Erskine, Frances Floyer, Frances Nicholls, Norton
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John Francis Erskine (1741-1825)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

John Francis Erskine. (1741-1825) (aka. 7th Earl of Mar, the Horse)

Son of James and Frances Erskine. Married (1770) to Frances Floyer. Nicknamed the Horse by Boswell and William Temple. He became 7th Earl of Mar in 1824 when that title was restored to the family, after having been lost by his father's uncle John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, due to his role in the Jacobite Rebellion in 1716.[note=1

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell and Erskine (and Temple) were classmates in John Stevenson's class in logic and Metaphysics at Edinburgh University in 1756-57. They may have met occasionally afterwards, and we know that Boswell visited Erskine's parents during his 62-63 October 15, 1774, when Boswell visited Erskine at his house in Alloa.

External links:

Erskine family tree - at Stirnet

Notes:

Note 1: John, 6th Earl of Mar, was one of the leaders of the Jacobite rebellion in 1715-6, and he proclaimed James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) king of Great Britain on September 6, 1715. When the rebellion collapsed in 1716 he fled with Charles Edward to France and Rome, before he lost favour at the pretender's court. He died in Aachen, Germany, in May 1732.

This article was last updated at January 31 2008 22:49:40 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to John Francis Erskine:

Erskine, James
Erskine, Frances
Floyer, Frances
Nicholls, Norton

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Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.