Sir John Erskine of Torry, 4th Baronet
(1776-1836)
BIRTH
April 5, 1776
PLACE
NAME
John Erskine
DEATH
July 30, 1836
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
William Erskine
(1728-1795)
CHILDREN
Frances Moray
(1737-1793)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Sir John Drummond Erskine (1776–1836), fourth baronet of Torrie in Fife, was a son of General William Erskine and Frances Moray. He served in the East India Company’s civil service and collected books. After inheriting from his brother James, he arranged to catalog James’s paintings, bronzes, and marbles for their eventual transfer to Edinburgh University. The collection reached the university after John’s death. Unmarried, he left no successor to the baronetcy.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Sir John Erskine of Torry, 4th Bt.’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Sir John Erskine of Torry, 4th Bt. is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
John Erskine of Torry died on Jul 30, 1836. Sir John Drummond Erskine, fourth baronet of Torrie in Fife, was a son of General William Erskine and Frances Moray. He served in the East India Company’s civil service and collected books. After inheriting from his brother James, he arranged to catalog James’s paintings, bronzes, and marbles for their eventual transfer to Edinburgh University. The collection reached the university after John’s death. Unmarried, he left no successor to the baronetcy. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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