Lord Tinwald. Erskine was the fourth son of Sir Charles Erskine, 1st Baronet of Alva, Clackmannanshire and his wife Christian Dundas, daughter of Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston. His older brothers included Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great.
Appointed Regent of the University of Edinburgh, he passed Advocate in 1711 and elected M.P. for Dumfriesshire in 1722. He was Solicitor General in 1725 and Lord Advocate in 1737. He was raised to the Bench, with the title Lord Justice Clerk in 1748.
Appointed Regent of the University of Edinburgh, he passed Advocate in 1711 and elected M.P. for Dumfriesshire in 1722. He was Solicitor General in 1725 and Lord Advocate in 1737. He was raised to the Bench, with the title Lord Justice Clerk in 1748.
Lord Tinwald. Erskine was the fourth son of Sir Charles Erskine, 1st Baronet of Alva, Clackmannanshire and his wife Christian Dundas, daughter of Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston. His older brothers included Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great.
Appointed Regent of the University of Edinburgh, he passed Advocate in 1711 and elected M.P. for Dumfriesshire in 1722. He was Solicitor General in 1725 and Lord Advocate in 1737. He was raised to the Bench, with the title Lord Justice Clerk in 1748.
Appointed Regent of the University of Edinburgh, he passed Advocate in 1711 and elected M.P. for Dumfriesshire in 1722. He was Solicitor General in 1725 and Lord Advocate in 1737. He was raised to the Bench, with the title Lord Justice Clerk in 1748.
Inscription
In a vault of the now demolished parish church was a tombstone inscribed as follows
" Parenti optimo, Carolo Areskine, Car. Areskine de Alva,
equitis, filio, qui, juventute, doctrina plurimum exculta ; setate provectior, in jure respondendo dicundoque feliciter versatus senectute serena placidus, summis in republica muneribus, adLXXXIII, usque annum, gnaviter expletis. Vita honorifica satur,in sede tandem avita, ossa juxta paterna, heic lubens quiescit.Carolo quoque, fratri multum desiderate, familia) suse, patrioque, si fata tulissent, decori eximio ; Londiui, in sedicula coenobii Lincolnensis, sepulto, H.M.P.C. Jacobus Erskine. 1763."
Source https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8069/80697212.6.pdf
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