John Erskine (Royal Navy officer)
Sir James Erskine | |
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Born | 13 July 1806 |
Died | 23 June 1887 | (aged 80)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Orion |
Battles/wars | Crimean War |
Admiral John Elphinstone Erskine (13 July 1806 – 23 June 1887) was a Royal Navy officer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1874.
Background and education
A member of
Erskine's first command was the gunboat
Political career
At the 1865 general election Erskine was elected Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire. He held the seat until 1874.[6] In parliament he was leader of the influential lobby working for the Pacific Islanders Protection Act of 1872.[5] Erskine was also a justice of the peace for Stirlingshire. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society[2] and joined the Aborigines' Protection Society after he had experienced naval anti-slavery operations in the West Indies and seen the impact of European penetration into the Pacific Ocean.[5]
Personal life
Erskine died unmarried in June 1887, aged 80.[1]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). John Murray – via Wikisource. . .
References
- ^ a b thepeerage.com Admiral John Elphinstone Erskine
- ^ a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
- ^ "Pbenyon.plus.com: Naval Database – Orion 1854". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Important from Nicaragua" (PDF). Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Australian Dictionary of Biography – Erskine, John Elphinstone
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)