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Sir William Erskine 1555 – 1639 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 February 1639

Death Location: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Erskine

Mother: Lady Campbell

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Sir William Erskine was born in 1555 in Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Lord Erskine and Lady Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness Campbell. Sir William Erskine passed away in 1639 in London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir William Erskine was born in 1555 in Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Lord Erskine and Lady Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness Campbell.
  • Sir William Erskine passed away in 1639 in London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Sir Erskine's Ancestors

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Sir Erskine
1555 – 1639
Birth Place: Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Lord Erskine
1485 – 1552
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Lady (Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness) Campbell
1485 – 1555
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Lord Erskine Earl van) Mar
1458 – 1513
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elisabeth Campbell
1465 – 1518
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Sir William Erskine in Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1639
12 February 1639
Age 84
Death of Sir William Erskine in London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 February 1639
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

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