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John Erskine, 23rd and 6th Earl of Mar and 1st Duke of Mar KT (1675 – May 1732), was a prominent Scottish nobleman and a key figure in the Jacobite movement. He held the title of the 23rd Earl of Mar from the earldom's first creation and was the sixth earl in its seventh creation (of 1565).
30 de abr. de 2024 · John Erskine, 6th earl of Mar was a Scottish noble who led the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, an unsuccessful attempt to gain the British crown for James Edward, the Old Pretender, son of the deposed Stuart monarch James II.
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This paper briefly introduces the political background to Lord Mar's belief that economic and industrial developments were the preconditions for the restoration of Scotland's political autonomy following the Act of Union of 1707.
27 de jun. de 2018 · John Erskine Mar, 6th (or 11th) earl of, 1675–1732, Scottish nobleman, leader of the Jacobites [1]. He was nicknamed "Bobbing John," probably because of his political vacillation.
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Mar, John Erskine, 6th (or 11th) earl of, 1675–1732, Scottish nobleman, leader of the Jacobites. He was nicknamed “Bobbing John,” probably because of his political vacillation. He succeeded his father as earl in 1689 and in the following years was generally a member of the court party.
Quick Reference. ( c. 1510–72). Mar succeeded his father as Lord Erskine in 1555 and was recognized as the rightful earl of Mar in 1565. A member of the reforming party, he had custody of the infant James VI. In 1571–2 he was regent, though real power was in the hands of Morton. From: Mar, John Erskine, earl of in A Dictionary of British History »
