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Mar, John Erskine, Earl, circa 1675-1732

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1675 - 1732

Biography

John Erskine, Earl of Mar was a Scottish Jacobite who was the eldest son of Charles, Earl of Mar (who died in 1689), from whom he inherited estates that were heavily loaded with debt. He was nicknamed "Bobbing John", for his tendency to shift back and forth from faction to faction, whether from Tory to Whig or Hanoverian to Jacobite.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Baron Alexander Robertson Strowan letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 716665
Mss 716665
Date(s): 1716-12-15
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Baron Alexander Robertson Strowan to Lord John Erskine Mar concerning his movements in France as well as those of other members of the Jacobite rebels who fled to France.

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