David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan, (6 November 1815 – 3 December 1899), was a British Army officer and equestrian. He was the son of Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth Shipley, daughter of Sir Charles Shipley.[1] [2]
Erskine, whilst still Lord Cardross, entered the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and rose to the rank of Captain.[1] He succeeded his father on his death in 1857 and was appointed Deputy lieutenant of Linlithgowshire.[2] He was a professional jockey.[3]
Erskine married Agnes Graham Smith, daughter of James Smith, Esq. of Craigend, Stirlingshire, on 27 April 1849; they had two sons:
His first wife died in 1875 and Lord Buchan remarried on 17 July 1876 to Maria James (1818–1899), daughter of Lt.-Col. William James, eldest son and heir of Charles Hamilton James, Count of Arran.[2]
Erskine lived at West Hagbourne Manor, Didcot, Oxfordshire.[1] He was declared bankrupt in 1894 at the sum of £388 after having passed on his estates in Linlithgow to his son, Lord Cardross, later the 14th Earl of Buchan.[2]
Erskine died aged 83 on 3 December 1898. Before his death he had converted to Roman Catholicism.[4]