On 30 April 1829, he married Margaret Martyn, a daughter of John Martyn of
County Tyrone, Ireland. She died on 21 June 1862.[4]
After her death, he married Maria Louisa Cullen Campbell, a daughter of Col. Alexander Campbell, on 25 January 1865 at Shinfield, Berkshire. Together, they were the parents of:[4]
Hon. Fanny Macnaghten Erskine (d. 1872), who married Standish G, Rowley, of Sylvan Park, in 1861.[4]
Hon. Margaret Catherine Erskine (d. 1940), who married the Rev. Evelyn Henry Villebois Burnaby, Rector of Burrough-on-the-Hill, second son of Rev. Canon Gustavus Andrew Burnaby, of
Somerby Hall and brother to Col.
Frederick Burnaby, in 1878. They divorced in 1886 and she married Sydney Beaumont Willoughby, fourth son of Rev. Hon. Percival George Willoughby, Rector of Durweston-cum-Bryanston, and brother of
Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton, in 1887.[4]
Lord Erskine died on 28 March 1882 at Ettenheim House in
Torquay,
Devon and was succeeded in the barony by his son, William.[8][1] His widow married Philip Henry
Egerton, son of William Egerton, in 1886.[9]
References
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ab"DEATH OF LORD ERSKINE". Leicester Chronicle or Commercial and Leicestershire Mercury. 1 April 1882. p. 8. Retrieved 14 June 2023.