Shipley Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan
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 and racehorse owner.
Biography
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Cardross was the eldest son of David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan and Agnes Graham Smith, daughter of James Smith, of Craigend Castle, Stirlingshire.[1][2] He was named after his great-grandfather, Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Shipley.[3] He was educated at Harrow.[4]
Buchan was Conservative in politics but spent most of his life involved in equestrian and leisurely pursuits.[5] He was thoroughly involved with the turf, owning several notable racehorses, and spent much time at Newmarket. While there he resided at his Exning estate.[5] He was also an early member of the "Happy Valley set" in Kenya and in 1911 acquired 4,000 acres of farmland in Nyeri.[6][7]
Buchan was a member and supporter of the antisemitic group "The Britons", donating the equivalent of £2000 in 1922.[8]
Buchan held the office of Justice of the peace and Deputy lieutenant for both Cambridgeshire and Linlithgowshire.[3] He owned 3,000 acres in Linlithgowshire and Midlothian.[9]
He died on 16 April 1934 in Chelsea, London.[10]
Family
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On 9 November 1876, Cardross married Rosalie Louise Sartoris (1859–1943), daughter of Capt. Jules-Alexandre Sartoris, of Hopsford Hall, Coventry, son of the Swiss Huguenot banker Peter Urban Sartoris. They had four children:[3]
- Ronald Douglas Stuart Mar Erskine, 15th Earl of Buchan (1878–1960), styled Lord Cardross from 1898 until 1934, 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[11]
- Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (1883–1939), married Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne,[1] who was assassinated in 1944[12]
Lady Cardross, as La Duchesse de Lavis, attended the Devonshire House Ball of 1897.[13] She was a famed beauty; likewise, Lord Cardross was known as the "Pocket Adonis".[14] She died on 29 January 1943 at Almondell House, near Broxburn, Linlithgowshire.[15]
See also
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[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Lodge, Edmund (1907). "Buchan". The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907. Kelly's Directories. p. 356.
- ^ 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 "Lord Cardross". Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. Baily bros. 1886. pp. 57–58.
- ^ The Agricultural Journal of British East Africa. Agricultural Department. 1908.
- ^ Kenya (1914). "Statement of Land Grants". Blue Book: British East Africa.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ "Obituary: Earl of Buchan". East African Standard. Nairobi. 21 April 1934.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lady Cardross at the Devonshire House Ball 1897, by Lafayette". lafayette.org.uk.
- ^ Tatler & Bystander. Tatler Publishing Company. 1914. p. 255.
- ^ "Almondell House | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.