Erskine, Henry, a famous Scotch lawyer, second son of the Earl of Buchan, born at Edinburgh; called to the bar and became Lord Advocate; a Whig in politics; brought about useful legal reforms; noted as a brilliant wit and orator (1746‒1817).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Erskine, Ebenezer * Erskine, John