Erskine, Thomas, Lord (17501823)

Erskine, Thomas, Lord, a famous lawyer, youngest son of the Earl of Buchan, born in Edinburgh; spent his early years in the navy, and afterwards joined the army; resigned in 1775 to enter upon the study of law; called to the bar in 1778; a king's counsel in 1783; created a baron and Lord Chancellor in 1806; was engaged in all the famous trials of his time; an unrivalled orator in the law courts; his speeches rank as masterpieces of forensic eloquence (17501823).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Erskine, Ralph * Erskine, Thomas, of Linlathen
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