Henry Erskine

(1746-1817)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817 NRA: Erskine, Henry (1746-1817) Lord Advocate DNB: Erskine, Henry (1746-1817), lawyer and politician LBT ID: HeErski1817 VIAF ID: 11376979 LOC ID: n87911016	B/BAP: 1746-11-01 DIED: 1817-10-08
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Scottish barrister, poet, and wit, the elder brother of Thomas Erskine; he was MP for Haddington (1806) and Dumfries (1806-07), and was Lord Advocate (1783, 1806).
REFERENCES TO Henry Erskine: Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter IX. 1806-1807 Found 1: ¶ 12 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VI 1790-92 Found 1: ¶ n2 Chapter III 1806 Found 1: ¶ 14 Chapter VIII 1819 Found 1: ¶ 25 Chapter V 1829 Found 1: ¶ 23 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch 19: Peter Pindar Found 1: ¶ 15 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 4: 1815-17 Found 1: ¶ 22