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John Erskine, fifth Lord Erskine was guardian and tutor of James V of Scotland. [2] Mary, Queen of Scots had spent the first five years of her life around Alloa and Stirling Castle. She later bestowed upon the sixth Lord Erskine the title of Earl of Mar. [2] Erskine was descended from Elyne, daughter of Gratney, 7th Earl of Mar. [3]
On 23 September 1675, Mary Erskine married her second husband, James Hair, in North Leith. [1] James Hair was a chemist, and owned a chemist's shop on the High Street. He was considerably younger than Mary Erskine, but he too died in 1683. By the contract of marriage, Mary Erskine inherited most of what belonged to her husband.
Margaret Erskine. Lady Margaret Erskine (8 October 1515 – 5 May 1572) was a mistress of King James V of Scotland and mother of Regent Moray. She was a daughter of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine and Lady Margaret Campbell.
Erskine is an area on the south of the River Clyde, ten miles west of Glasgow. The name is believed to be ancient British for ‘green rising ground’. In the early 13th century, during the reign of Alexander II, the first man to take the name as his own was Henry of Erskine, owner of the Barony of Erskine. The family were supporters of Robert ...
Rachel Chiesley married James Erskine, Lord Grange (PGL 236) in 1707, but the union was a disaster. She was embarrassing and notoriously aggressive, and they eventually split in 1730. Headstrong Rachel was unwilling to let him go and made his life extremely difficult, even threatening to expose him as a Jacobite. In an extraordinary move Erskine had Rachel kidnapped in 1732, and incarcerated ...
Businesswoman and philanthropist. Mary Erskine was a businesswoman and an early proponent of female education. Her first husband was Robert Kennedy, a writer, who died in 1671. After the death of her second husband James Hair, a druggist, in 1683 Mary set up in business as a private banker. In 1694 she generously donated to the Edinburgh ...
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Mary Erskine. Edinburgh's Cowgate Today. Mary Erskine lived from 1629 to 2 July 1707. She was a successful financier and a promoter of female education. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. Little is known of Mary Erskine's early life. In 1661 she married a writer, Robert Kennedy.
