Lieutenant colonel Archibald Erskine

Archibald Erskine, Lieut.-Colonel 45th Regt., 14 April, 1846, m. 31 March, 1846, Augusta Pratt, 3rd dau. of the Hon. Sir William Oldnall-Russell, D.C.L., Chief Justice of Bengal, by Louisa Maria, elder dau. of John Lloyd-Williams, of Gwernant Park, Cardiganshire, and Alderbrook Hall, Carmarthenshire, by Martha Louisa, second dau. of Morley Pendred-Saunders, of Saunders Grove, Co. Wicklow by Lady Martha Stratford, dau. of John, 1st Earl of Aldborough. Colonel Erskine d. at the Cape of Good Hope, 18 July, 1848, and his widow m. 2nd, 13 Feb., 1851, the Rev. Charles Compton Domvile, Rector of Nettletou, Wilts, nephew of Sir Compton Domvile, Bart., M.P,, of Santry Court, Co. Dublin. She d. 25 April, 1890, and Mr. Domvile d. 16 May, 1898.

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1. Baptism St. James' Church Manchester "Archibald, S. of James and Sarah Erskine Mar 21 1807 Apr 29 1807"
2. Grave, Fort Hare University
3. The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh, and their descendants p.190, 191
4. History of the 45th 1st Nottinghamshire regiment Sherwood foresters On the 18th of July the battalion lost its commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel A. Erskine, from disease of the brain, at the early age of forty-one; he was succeeded by Major Cooper, then in Natal with the 1st battalion.
5. Surf boats, Fort St George. Artist: Erskine, Archibald (1807-1848)