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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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He was the eldest son of [[David Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan|David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan]] and his wife |
He was the eldest son of [[David Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan|David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan]] and his wife Agnes Graham Smith – a scion of the 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> |
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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 |url=https://books.google. |
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" /> |
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Buchan was [[Conservative Party (UK)|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 County|Nyeri]], Kenya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europeans In East Africa - View entry |url=https://www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk/_site/custom/database/default.asp?a=viewIndividual&pid=2&person=20948 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk}}</ref> |
Buchan was [[Conservative Party (UK)|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 County|Nyeri]], Kenya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europeans In East Africa - View entry |url=https://www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk/_site/custom/database/default.asp?a=viewIndividual&pid=2&person=20948 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk}}</ref> |
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Lord Cardross was a member and supporter of the antisemitic group "[[The Britons]]", |
Lord Cardross was a member and supporter of the antisemitic group "[[The Britons]]", donating £30 in 1922.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Toczek |first=Nick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zK1ACwAAQBAJ&pg=PA245 |title=Haters, Baiters and Would-Be Dictators: Anti-Semitism and the UK Far Right |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-317-52588-2 |pages=245 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Buchan died on 16 April 1934 at his residence in [[Chelsea, London]]. |
Buchan died on 16 April 1934 at his residence in [[Chelsea, London]]. |
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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> |
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== Family == |
== Family == |
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On 9 November 1876, Buchan married Rosalie Louise Sartoris, daughter of Capt. Jules-Alexandre Sartoris, a scion of the Swiss [[Peter Urban Sartoris|Sartoris family]]. They had four children:<ref name=":1" /> |
On 9 November 1876, Buchan married Rosalie Louise Sartoris (1859-1943), daughter of Capt. Jules-Alexandre Sartoris, a scion of the Swiss [[Peter Urban Sartoris|Sartoris family]]. They had four children:<ref name=":1" /> |
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* Ronald Douglas Stuart Mar Erskine, 15th Earl of Buchan (1878–1960), died unmarried<ref name=":0" /> |
* Ronald Douglas Stuart Mar Erskine, 15th Earl of Buchan (1878–1960), died unmarried<ref name=":0" /> |
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* Lady Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine (1879–1967), married Hon. [[Charles Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby]]<ref name=":0" /> |
* Lady Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine (1879–1967), married Hon. [[Charles Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby]]<ref name=":0" /> |
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* 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 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> |
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* Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (1883–1939), married [[Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne]],<ref name=":0" /> |
* Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (1883–1939), married [[Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne]],<ref name=":0" /> who was assassinated in 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> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 12:21, 23 July 2024
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.
Biography
He was the eldest son of David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan and his wife Agnes Graham Smith – a scion of the family of the Duke of Montrose and Smiths of Craigend in Perthshire.[1][2] He was presumably named after his great-grandfather, Major-General Sir Charles Shipley. He was educated at Harrow.[3]
Buchan held the office of Justice of the peace and Deputy lieutenant for both Cambridgeshire and Linlithgowshire.[4] He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Buchan, in the Peerage of Scotland, in 1898.[4]
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.[5]
Lord Cardross was a member and supporter of the antisemitic group "The Britons", donating £30 in 1922.[6]
Buchan died on 16 April 1934 at his residence in Chelsea, London.
The family seat was Almondell House, near Broxburn, Linlithgowshire.[7] He owned a mere 3,000 acres in Linlithgow and Midlothian.[8]
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:[4]
- 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[9]
- Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (1883–1939), married Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne,[1] who was assassinated in 1944[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Burke's Peerage (repr. 2003). Vol. 1. p. 567.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). 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. Edinburgh: Jack.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Lodge, Edmund (1907). "Buchan". The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907. Kelly's Directories. p. 356.
- ^ "Europeans In East Africa - View entry". www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Almondell House | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ "LADY MARJORIE ERSKINE'S DEATH". Evening News. 31 August 1910. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "LORD MOYNE ASSASSINATED". Daily Mercury. 8 November 1944. Retrieved 25 June 2024.