Shipley Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan

Scottish nobleman (1850–1934)

Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan, JP, DL (27 February 1850 – 16 April 1934), styled Lord Cardross from 1857 until 1898, was a Scottish nobleman, landowner and horseman.

"Horsey". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1884

Biography

He was the eldest son of David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan and his wife, the former Agnes Graham Smith, daughter of James Smith of Craigend.^[1] He was presumably named after his great-grandfather, Major-General Sir Charles Shipley. He was educated at Harrow.^[2]

Buchan held the office of Justice of the peace and Deputy lieutenant for both Cambridgeshire and Linlithgowshire.^[3] He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Buchan, in the Peerage of Scotland, in 1898.^[3]

Buchan was Conservative in politics but spent most of his life involved in equestrian and leisurely pursuits. In 1911 he acquired 4,000 acres of farmland in Nyeri, Kenya.^[4]

Lord Cardross was a member and supporter of the antisemitic group "The Britons", donating £30 in 1922.^[5]

Buchan died on 16 April 1934 at his residence in Chelsea, London.

Family

On 9 November 1876, Buchan married Rosalie Louise Sartoris (1859-1943), daughter of Capt. Jules-Alexandre Sartoris, a scion of the Swiss Sartoris family. They had four children:^[3]

• Ronald Douglas Stuart Mar Erskine, 15th Earl of Buchan (1878–1960), died unmarried^[1]
• Lady Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine (1879–1967), married Hon. Charles Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby^[1]
• Lady Marjorie Gladys Stuart Erskine (1880–1910), died unmarried at Aviemore after having been missing for several weeks^[6]
• Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (1883–1939), married Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne,^[1] whose assassination by Jewish terrorists caused global shock^[7]

See also

• Earl of Buchan
• Clan Erskine

References

1. Burke's Peerage (repr. 2003). Vol. 1. p. 567.
2. Cokayne, G.E. (1889). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. G. Bell & sons. p. 58.
3. Lodge, Edmund (1907). "Buchan". The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907. Kelly's Directories. p. 356.
4. "Europeans In East Africa - View entry". www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
5. Toczek, Nick (2015). Haters, Baiters and Would-Be Dictators: Anti-Semitism and the UK Far Right. Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-317-52588-2.
6. "LADY MARJORIE ERSKINE'S DEATH". Evening News. 31 August 1910. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
7. "LORD MOYNE ASSASSINATED". Daily Mercury. 8 November 1944. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

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