Thomas Erskine

Thomas Americus Erskine, 3rd Baron Erskine (3 May 1802 – 10 May 1877) was a British diplomat and peer.

Early life

Erskine was born on 3 May 1802. Among his siblings were John Cadwalader Erskine (also a diplomat); Steuarta Erskine (who married Timothy Yeats Brown); Elizabeth Erskine (who married Sir St Vincent Hawkins-Whitshed, 2nd Baronet); David Montagu Erskine (a Lt.-Col. in the British Army); Edward Morris Erskine (also a diplomat); James Stuart Erskine (who was created Freiherr von Erskine by Ludwig II of Bavaria); Sevilla Erskine (who married Sir Henry Howard); Jane Plumer Erskine (who married James Callander of Craigforth and Ardkinglas); and Mary Erskine (who married Graf Hermann von Paumgarten). His maternal grandparents were John Cadwalader, an American general during the Revolutionary War, and his second wife, Williamina Bond (a daughter of Dr. Phineas Bond, of Philadelphia and niece of Dr. Thomas Bond).

Career He was educated at Harrow and at the University of Edinburgh. Louisa, the widow of Thomas Legh, of Adlington, was a daughter of George Lewis Newnham of Newtimber Place, and Mary Diana Aston (only daughter of Sir William Aston, of Lincoln's Inn Fields).

Lady Erskine died at Hillside, Alderley Edge, Cheshire on 10 March 1867. Lord Erskine died on 10 May 1877. As he was without issue, he was succeeded in the barony by his brother, John.