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8. Lord Walter Coningsby ERSKINE Earl of Kellie [image] was born on 12 Jul 1810 in Warkworth, Northumberland. He died on 17 Jan 1872 in Cannes (France). Walter married Elise YOUNGSON on 11 Sep 1834. [Parents]
"12th Earl of Kellie; allowed an Earldom of Mar of 1565; 15th Lord Erskine; N 12 Jul 1810; Colonel in the Army in India; + 17 Jan 1872" (from the Earls of Mar pedigree)
3rd but 1st surv. S. of the Hon. Henry David Erskine.
Entered the Bengal Army, 1826, becoming finally Lieut. Col.; served in and had medal for the Sutlej campaign; was Commissioner of Jubbulpore/Jabalpur during the Indian Mutiny, and was thanked by Parl. for his services; C.B. (Civil) 18 May 1860.
Sat as a representative peer (Conservative) in the House of Lords (1868-72).Succeeded to his cousin in earldom of Kellie and barony of Erskine.
Viscount Fentoun and baron Erskine
EARL OF KELLIE, and de jure EARL OF MAR (ancient earldom).
Claimed in 1867 the Earldom of Mar but died before his claim was allowed by the House of Lords.
9. Elise YOUNGSON was born in 1814. She died on 14 Jul 1895 in Bowscar, Cumberland.
"daughter and co-heiress of Col. William Youngson, of Bowscar, Cumberland"
(from the Earls of Mar pedigree)
10. William FORBES of MEDWYN died in 1888. He married Mary-Ann ANCKER HOUBLON. [Parents]
12. Humble Dudley WARD was born on 20 Dec 1821. He died on 14 Dec 1870. Humble married Eleanor Louisa HAWKES on 17 Dec 1843. [Parents]
married 17 Dec 1843 Eleanor Louisa, 3rd dau of Thomas Hawkes, MP, of Himley House, Staffs.
13. Eleanor Louisa HAWKES died on 16 Dec 1899.
3rd dau of Thomas Hawkes, MP, of Himley House (or Himley Hall?), Staffs.
Married 1st: The Hon. Humble Dudley Ward (d 1870);
Married 2nd: 13 April 1872, John Gerard Leigh, of The Hoo, Luton, Beds (d 24 Feb 1875);
Married 3rd: 4 Dec 1883, Christian Frederic de Falbe, Danish Amb to UK (d 1896).
Enid Ward writes she died in 1902
14. Sir William Baliol BRETT 1st Viscount ESHER [image] was born on 13 Aug 1815 in Lenham. He died on 23 May 1899. William married Eugenie MAYER on 3 Apr 1850 in London. [Parents]
"excellent oar, untiring boxer"
educ Westminster and Caius Coll Cambridge (MA 1840)barrister 1846
MP Helston 1866/68
Solicitor general 1868
Judge Court Common Pleas 1868, Ld Justice of Appeal 1876,
PC 1876
Master Rolls 1882-97Baron ESHER 1885
Viscount ESHER (1st) 1897Bibl. "A romance of the nineteenth century", (compiled from the letters and family papers of Baliol, Viscount Esher) by C.H. Dudley Ward, published London, 1923.
15. Eugenie MAYER [image] was born about 1821 in Lyon?, France. She died on 4 Jun 1904. [Parents]
Born about 1822-23 in Lyon, France.
Natural child of Louis Mayer and step-dau of Col Gurwood, CB, and had issue.
"Beautiful, dark hair with hazel eyes". Bibl. "A romance of the nineteenth century", (compiled from the letters and family papers of Baliol, Viscount Esher) by C.H. Dudley Ward, published London, 1923.