41. Lord (5th) John ERSKINE (Robert , Alexander , Thomas , Robert , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) was born in 1487. He died in Nov 1555. John was employed as Ambassador.
5th Lord Erskine, 10th Lord Garioch, de jure 17th Earl (Burke's)
Gov. of Stirling & Edinburgh castles
Ambassador to France (1515-1535).John had the rank of knight before June 1510.
John was appointed guardian for James V during his minority and was paid between £50 per month to £200 per year. When James V went on his expedition to the Isles in 1540 he appointed John as one of the guardians of his infant son James.
Later John was ambassador to England. Upon James' death and along with Lord Livingston he was guardian of the infant Mary, Queen of Scots. He kept her for some time in Stirling castle and then moved her to the priory of Inchmahome, situated on an island in Lake Monteith, Perthshire. The priory had been bestowed upon him by James V as commendatory abbot. For greater security he then took young Mary to France.
John married Margaret CAMPBELL. Margaret was born in 1485 in Argyllshire.
Daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll
John and Margaret had the following children:
51 M i Robert ERSKINE Master of Erskine died on 10 Sep 1547 in Pinkie.
married Margaret Graham, killed at battle of Pinkie 10 Sept. 1547
d.s.p.v.p.52 M ii Thomas ERSKINE died on 7 Oct 1551.
married 30 Jan. 1548/9 Margaret Fleming.
Commendator of Dryburgh 1541-47.
d. before 1555
d.s.p.v.p+ 53 M iii Lord (6) John ERSKINE Earl of Mar(1st) died on 29 Oct 1572. + 54 M iv Sir Alexander ERSKINE of Gogar died on 3 Apr 1592. 55 M v Arthur ERSKINE died in 1571.
married 7 Jan. 1561/2 Magdalen Livingstone
d.s.p. before Jan. 1570/156 F vi Catherine ERSKINE.
married 20 Nov. 1525 Alexander ELPHINSTONE who died 154757 F vii Janet ERSKINE.
married 1 Sept. 1532 John Murray of Touchadam+ 58 F viii Margaret ERSKINE died on 5 May 1572. 59 F ix Elizabeth ERSKINE.
married Walter Seton of Touch
47. John ERSKINE (John , John , Alexander , John , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) died on 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden.
John married Margaret RUTHVEN in 1508. Margaret died in 1548.
m.1. before 1499 Alexander Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (d. 1505),
3. before 23 Dec. 1518 James Stewart, of Ryland (killed at Edinburgh before 11 Mar. 1524/5),
4. William Wood, of Bonnyton, annulled 18 Dec. 1534
John and Margaret had the following children:
+ 60 M i John ERSKINE was born in 1508 and died on 12 Mar 1591.