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Malcolm Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan

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Malcolm Harry Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan (4 July 1930 – 11 September 2022) was a Scottish landowner and peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1984 until the House of Lords Act 1999 removed most hereditary peers.

The younger son of Donald Cardross Flower Erskine, 16th Earl of Buchan, and his wife Christina Baxendale, he became his father's heir due to the death of his brother David Stuart Erskine (1928–1933) in childhood. He was educated at Eton College and was styled as Lord Cardross between 1960 and 1984, when he succeeded as the Earl of Buchan (1469), Lord Auchterhouse (1469), Lord Cardross (1610) and Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle (1806). The last of these was in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, the others in that of Scotland.[1]

On 21 February 1957, Buchan married Hilary Diana Cecil Power, a daughter of Sir Ivan Power, 2nd Baronet, and his first wife Nancy Hilary Griffiths, and they had four children:[2]

  • Henry Thomas Alexander Erskine, 18th Earl of Buchan (born 1960)
  • Lady Seraphina Mary Erskine (born 1961)
  • Hon. Montagu John Erskine (born 1966)
  • Lady Arabella Fleur Erskine (born 1969)

In 1972, as Lord Cardross, Buchan became a Justice of the Peace for Westminster and was also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. He was chairman of Battersea Dogs Home.[3]

In 1998 in response to plans for Scottish devolution, he asserted that should these give rise to independence he would establish his claim to the throne of Scotland.[3] In 2003, Buchan was living at Newnham House, Newnham, Hampshire.[4] He died on 11 September 2022, at the age of 92.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV (Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 121
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage, vol. 1 (1999), p. 62
  3. ^ a b Carrell, Severin (18 June 1998). "Scots 'king' returns to haunt Salmond'". The Scotsman. p. 1.
  4. ^ Burke's Peerage vol. 1 (2003), p. 564
  5. ^ "Buchan". The Telegraph Announcements. The Telegraph. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Buchan
1984–2022
Succeeded by

Family tree

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Male-line family tree, Earls of Buchan, Earls of Traquair and Barons Erskine.
James Stewart
1st Earl of Buchan

1442–1499
Stewarts of Traquair
Alexander Stewart
2nd Earl of Buchan

died 1505
John Stewart
1st of Traquair
1489-1513
John Stewart
3rd Earl of Buchan

1498–1551
William Stewart
2nd of Traquair
died 1538
John Stewart
Master of Buchan
died 1547
Robert Stewart
3rd of Traquair
died 1548
Sir
John Stewart
4th of Traquair
died 1591
Sir
William Stewart
5th of Traquair
died 1605
James Stewart
6th of Traquair
died 1606
Robert Douglas
4th Earl of Buchan

died 1580
Christina Stewart
4th Countess of Buchan

1498–1551
John Stewart
younger of Traquair
died 1606
Earls of Traquair
John Douglas
5th Earl of Buchan

died 1547
John Erskine
19th/2nd Earl of Mar

1562-1634
John Stewart
1st Earl of Traquair

1600-1659
Mary Douglas
6th Countess of Buchan

died 1628
James Erskine
6th Earl of Buchan

died 1640
Henry Erskine
Master of Cardross

1672-1745
John Stewart
2nd Earl of Traquair

1623-1666
James Erskine
7th Earl of Buchan

died 1664
David Erskine
2nd Lord Cardross

1626-1671
William Stewart
3rd Earl of Traquair

1657-1673
Charles Stewart
4th Earl of Traquair

1659-1741
William Erskine
8th Earl of Buchan

died 1695
Henry Erskine
3rd Lord Cardross

1650-1693
Charles Stewart
5th Earl of Traquair

1697-1764
John Stewart
6th Earl of Traquair

1698-1779
David Erskine
9th Earl of Buchan

1672-1745
Charles Stewart
7th Earl of Traquair

1746-1827
Henry Erskine
10th Earl of Buchan

1710-1767
Charles Stewart
8th Earl of Traquair

1781-1861
David Erskine
11th Earl of Buchan

1742-1829
Hon.
Henry Erskine
1746-1817
Thomas Erskine
1st Baron Erskine

1750-1823
Sir David ErskineHenry Erskine
12th Earl of Buchan

1783-1857
David Erskine
2nd Baron Erskine

1776-1855
Baron Erskine
David Erskine
13th Earl of Buchan

1815-1899
Thomas Erskine
3rd Baron Erskine
1802-1877
John Erskine
4th Baron Erskine
1804-1882
Shipley Erskine
14th Earl of Buchan

1850-1934
William Erskine
5th Baron Erskine
1841-1913
Ronald Erskine
15th Earl of Buchan

1878-1960
Montagu Erskine
6th Baron Erskine
1865-1957
Donald Erskine
16th Earl of Buchan

1899-1984
Malcom Erskine
17th Earl of Buchan

1930–2022
Henry Erskine
18th Earl of Buchan

born 1960
Alexander Erskine
Lord Cardross
born 1990