David Erskine, Writer to the signet

Biographical Summary

ERSKINE, DAVID. ?-05/04/1791. Ref: 499. Male.

• Place of Death: Naples, Italy.
• Profession: Writer to The Signet.
• Appointments Held: WS 1764; Legal Practice in Edinburgh; Director 1773, British Linen Bank; Clerk to the Signet.
• Training: Apprentice to Hew Crawford & Jas Robertson Barclay.
• Marital Status: Married (1781) Ann Graham d1836.
• Father: John Erskine of Carnock & Cardross, Advocate.
• References: History of The Society of Writers 146; Shapin 161; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 2, 1981,31; Register of The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, Edinburgh 1983, 100.
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Notes: Born c.1740.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 296

Other References

• The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; 1890; page 65
• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 518