Name
Henry Erskine
Occupation
Advocate
Lord Advocate
Poet
Dean of Faculty
Member of Parliament
Politician
Biographical Info
Oxford DNB
Biographical Notes
Advocate, 23 Feb. 1768. Son of Henry David and Agnes Steuart; m. Christian Fullerton; his son, Henry David, was 12th earl of Buchan. Lord Advocate 1783-4 & 1806-7; MP Haddington 1806, Dumfries 1806-7; retired 1811. Lifelong enemy of Henry Dundas.
Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817
Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817
Life Dates
1746 - 1817

Associated Cases

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Documents Authored

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Title Type Document Title Submitted
Robert Home-Gordon v. Captain Gordon Clunes Replies

Replies For Robert Home-Gordon, Esquire, of Embo, and others; To The Answers for Captain Gordon Clunes of Whitehill

 		19 Jan 1791
Sir William Forbes and Others v. Andrew Gordon Replies

Replies for Sir William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart., George Skene of Skene, Esq; Lieut.-Gen. Robert Horn-Elphinston of Logie, and others, Freeholders of the County of Aberdeen, To The Answers for Lieut.-Col. Andrew Gordon of the 26th Regiment of Foot

 		23 Apr 1789
Robert Home-Gordon v. Lieutenant-General James Grant of Ballindalloch Replies

Replies for Robert Home-Gordon, Esq; of Embo, George M'Kay, Esquire; of Bighouse, and others, real Freeholders of the County of Sutherland; To The Answers for Lieutenant-General James Grant of Ballindalloch

 

 		6 Jan 1791
Hugh Montgomery v. Strang, Lennox and Company Petition

Unto The Right Honoourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of Robert Strang, Andrew Lennox, and James Alexander, in Company, acting under the Firm of Strang Lennox & Co., Cotton Spinners in Eaglesham

 		18 Jan 1798
Stewart v. Magistrates and Town Council of St. Andrews Representation

Unto the Right Honourable Lord Henderland, the Representation of Robert Stewart, Deacon of the Incorporation of Wrights in St Andrews

 		11 Jun 1793
Haldane v. Duncan Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Petition of Mrs Haldane, widow of George Haldane, Esq; of Gleneagles

 		23 Jan 1802
Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Petition of Mrs Haldane, widow of George Haldane, Esq; of Gleneagles

 		23 Jan 1802
Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Petition of Mrs Haldane, widow of George Haldane, Esq; of Gleneagles

 		23 Jan 1802
Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Petition of Mrs Haldane, widow of George Haldane, Esq; of Gleneagles

 		23 Jan 1802
Earl of Mansfield v. The Duke of Queensberry, and other Heritors of the Parish of Dornock Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, Commissioners for Plantation of Kirks and Valuation of Teinds, The Petition of The Right Honourable William Earl of Mansfield and his Curators

 		14 Feb 1797
Riddell v. Lord Armadale's Interlocutor Additional Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Additional Petition of William Riddell, Writer to the Signet

 		24 Jun 1800
Crichton v. Mackay Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Alexander Crichton Coachmaker in Edinburgh

 		15 Jan 1788
Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of George Currie, Tenant in Hallrule, and Thomas Currie, Lieutenant-Colonel of Marines, late of his Majesty's Ship, Culloden

 		6 Jul 1802
Thomas McAllan v. Hugh Bell Petition

Unto The Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of Hugh Bell, Brewer in Pleasance of Edinburgh

 		10 Jun 1790
Alexander Kinloch and Others v. James Rocheid Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of James Rocheid of Inverleith, Esq

 		17 Jan 1800
Braimer v. Innes and Lothian Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of John Braimer, late of Edrom

 		11 Jul 1788
John Gordon v. Dugald Gilchrist Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of John Gordon, Esquire, of Swinzie, late Lieutenant in the 39th Regiment of Foot

 		15 Feb 1791
Jamieson, et al v. Andrew, et al Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of John Jamieson, Merchant in Leith, and others, Creditors of Gavin Kempt, Merchant in Leith

 		18 Jan 1786
Mathie v. McIntyre Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of John Mathie, Wright in Edinburgh

 		8 Dec 1789
Parish, &C v. Khones Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of John Parish Merchant in Hamburgh, John Henrick-Schreiver and Company Merchants in Bremen, and Alexander Innes Clerk to the Signet, their Attorney

 		1 Mar 1776
Robert Home-Gordon v. Alexander M'Kenzie Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of Robert Home Gordon, Esq; of Embo, George Mackeay of Big-House, Esq; and others, real Freeholders of the County of Sutherland

 		11 Feb 1792
Hyslop et al. v. Maxwell Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Robert Hyslop, Tenant in Fairnybirst; John Purves, and Michael Purves, Tenants of a share of the divided Commonty of Langholm; William Little, Son of the deceased William Little, late Tenant in Barros Grosts; and John Brown, formerly Shoemaker, now Carter in Langholm

 		2 Jun 1801
The Marchioness of Titchfield and her Husband, for his interest v. Alexander Penrose Cuming Petition

Unto The Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of The Most Honourable Henrietta Scott, Marchioness of Titchfield; and of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck Scott, Marquis of Titchfield, her Husband, for his interest 

 		23 Jun 1797
Mackay and Fullerton v. Dalrymples et al Additional Petition

Unto The Right Honourable, The Lords of Council and Session, The Additional Petition of Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple of Bargany and North Berwick, Baronet

 		1 Sep 1796
James Ayton v. James Bruce Petition

Unto the Right Honourable, The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of James Aytone of Kippo, Esq

 		2 Feb 1785