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libel. Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (born January 10, 1750, Edinburgh, Scotland—died November 17, 1823, Almondell, Linlithgowshire) was a British Whig lawyer who made important contributions to the protection of personal liberties. His defense of various politicians and reformers on charges of treason and related offenses acted to check ...
Thomas Erskine, the lord chancellor, was the youngest son of Henry David Erskine, tenth earl of Buchan, and was born, as he himself believed, in 1750, new style; but the entry in the family bible is ‘Jan. 10 O.S. 1749.’. He was born in an upper flat in a high house at the head of Gray's Close in Edinburgh, where his father, whose income was ...
Though largely now forgotten, the name of Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) deserves a place in the heart of everyone who values freedom and the rule of law. But for his resolute stand in a moment of crisis, the sub sequent course of English history might well have been very different—and very much less an inspiration to other peoples.
One of those was Thomas Walker, who was a friend of Paines and also a radical. In 1794 Walker was prosecuted for treasonable conspiracy; but the evidence was found to be perjured, and the charge was abandoned. At the trial he was successfully defended by Thomas Erskine, and you can read Erskine's opening speech here. 6.86 MB
Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1 September 1732 – 9 October 1781), styled Viscount Fentoun and Lord Pittenweem until 1756, was a Scottish musician and composer whose considerable talent brought him international fame and his rakish habits notoriety, but nowadays is little known.
Thomas Erskine, 1. baron Erskine (ur. 10 stycznia 1750 w Edynburgu , zm. 17 listopada 1823 w Almondel w hrabstwie West Lothian ) – brytyjski arystokrata, prawnik i polityk.
Thomas Alexander Erskine, sixth earl of Kellie was a musician and composer of considerable talent. After his father was incarcerated in Edinburgh Castle for supporting the Jacobites in 1745, he left for Mannheim in Germany to study under the elder Johann Stamitz. He returned to Scotland in 1756 as a virtuoso violinist and composer.
