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Line 6: == Biography == He was the eldest son of [[David Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan\|David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan]] and his wife~~, the former~~ Agnes Graham Smith, ~~daughter~~– a scion of ~~James~~the ~~Smith~~family of the [[Duke of Montrose]] and Smiths of Craigend in Perthshire.<ref name=":0">[[Burke's Peerage]] (repr. 2003). Vol. 1. p. 567.</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Fox-Davies \|first=Arthur Charles \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDw6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA146&dq&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBiLW-kr2HAxXYT0EAHfnVACoQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q \|title=Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority \|date=1895 \|publisher=Jack \|location=Edinburgh \|language=en}}</ref> He was presumably named after his great-grandfather, Major-General Sir [[Charles Shipley]]. He was educated at [[Harrow School\|Harrow]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Cokayne \|first=G.E. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7IKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58 \|title=Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant \|date=1889 \|publisher=G. Bell & sons \|pages=58 \|language=en}}</ref> Buchan held the office of [[Justice of the peace]] and [[Deputy lieutenant]] for both [[Cambridgeshire]] and [[Linlithgowshire]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book \|last=Lodge \|first=Edmund \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jl1HAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA356 \|title=The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907 \|date=1907 \|publisher=Kelly's Directories \|page=356 \|language=en \|chapter=Buchan}}</ref> He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Buchan, in the [[Peerage of Scotland]], in 1898.<ref name=":1" /> Line 15: Buchan died on 16 April 1934 at his residence in [[Chelsea, London]]. The family seat was Almondell House, near [[Broxburn]], Linlithgowshire.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Almondell House {{!}} Canmore \|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/210496/almondell-house \|website=canmore.org.uk \|language=en}}</ref> He owned a mere 3,000 acres in Linlithgow and Midlothian.<ref>[[iarchive:greatlandownerso00bateuoft/page/76\|The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland]]</ref> == Family == Line 22 ⟶ 24: * Lady Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine (1879–1967), married Hon. [[Charles Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby]]<ref name=":0" /> * Lady Marjorie Gladys Stuart Erskine (1880–1910), died unmarried at [[Aviemore]] after having been missing for several weeks<ref>{{Cite news \|date=31 August 1910 \|title=LADY MARJORIE ERSKINE'S DEATH. \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115260782 \|access-date=2024-06-25 \|work=Evening News}}</ref> * Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (1883–1939), married [[Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne]],<ref name=":0" /> ~~whose~~who ~~assassination~~was byassassinated ~~Jewish~~in ~~terrorists caused global shock~~1944<ref>{{Cite news \|date=8 November 1944 \|title=LORD MOYNE ASSASSINATED \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176826007 \|access-date=2024-06-25 \|work=Daily Mercury}}</ref> == See also ==

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