Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Erskine

LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES ERSKINE

Contrary to what has been claimed elsewhere, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Erskine, here treated, is not the same person as Christopher Erskine, Sr.

Charles Erskine. here treated, is the eldest son and heir of James Erskine of Grange, Lord Grange and his wife Rachel Chieslie, Lady Grange He is reported to have been "born 27 August 1709; was retoured heir-general to his father on 3 June1755, and was then a captain in the Army; rose to the rank of lieut--colonel, apparently on the Irish establishment. He had retired on major's half-pay some time before his death. He died, without issue, at Edinburgh, on 1 December 1776, leaving effects valued at about £73 sterling. He is said by Douglas to have been unmarried, but he left a widow, Agnes Syme, who died before 16 October 1783." The Scots Peerage V: 628

His Testament Dative and Inventory

Confirmation was granted on 19 June 1777. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, The Testament Dative and Inventory of Charles Erskine, Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, reference CC8/8/124]

Genealogy

The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume V. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1908), 639 pp.

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