Monday, September 02, 2024

Hon Robert William Hervey Erskine 1930-2024

The Hon Robert William Hervey Erskine, who died 2 August, 2024, aged 93, was a scion of the Earls of Mar  Kellie, a grandson of the 12th Earl of Mar & (14th) of Kellie, and a grandson maternally of the 4th Marquess of Bristol.

The youngest of four brothers (one of whom was killed in action in 1945), Robert William Hervey Erskine was born 13 October, 1930, at 6 St James’s Square, the London home of his maternal grandfather, the 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863-1951). Robert’s father was the Unionist politician John Francis Ashley Erskine, styled Lord Erskine (1895-1953) (elder son of the 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie (1865-1955)), who in 1934 was appointed governor of Madras. The family followed him there and for the next six years lived at Government House, where an Indian groom would regale young Robert with stories from the Mahabharata.

Robert's mother was Lady Marjorie Hervey (1898-1967), daughter of the 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863-1951), of Ickworth, Suffolk, and his wife Alice Frances Theodora Wythes (1875-1957).

He was thrice wed, firstly 21 May, 1955 (div 1964), to Jennifer Shirley Wood, daughter of L.J. Cardew Wood, of Kintbury, Berkshire; married 2ndly, Oct 1969 (div 1975), Anne-Marie Lattès, daughter of Jean Lattès, of Paris; married thirdly, 1977, Belinda Mary Rosalind (Lindy) Blackburn, daughter of Raymond Blackburn, of London.

Robert Erskine leaves three sons ~ one from his second marriage, Alistair (born 1970), and two sons from his third marriage, Thomas (born 1978), and Felix (born 1980).

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