Lineage of Cynthia Romola ERSKINE

Second Generation

2. Rt. Hon. William Augustus Forbes ERSKINE [image] was born on 30 Oct 1871. He died on 17 Jul 1952 in Bembridge (Isle of Wight). William married Georgie Viola Eleanor WARD on 18 Feb 1908 in St Paul's. William was employed as ambassador. [Parents]

Educated at Eton, Oxford
Foreign Office in 1896
Third Secretary Buenos Aires
First Secretary Rome 1910
Counsellor Athens (British delegate on Int. Commission) 1913
Counsellor of Embassy Rome1916
Minister to Cuba, Haiti & Dominica 1919-21
Minister Bulgaria (Sofia) 1921/26
Minister Poland (Warsaw) 1928, then Ambassador until 1934

sworn of Privy Council

3. Georgie Viola Eleanor WARD [image] was born in 1881. She died on 14 May 1972 in London. [Parents]

"A real artist, really lovely and brilliant in every way, full of fun, a wonderful mimic, and marvellous at learning languages", according to her sister Enid.
"Lady Erskine" after her husband became ambassador of GB and sworn of PC

[Child]

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