John Erskine, 23rd and 6th Earl of Mar and 1st Duke of Mar KT, was a Scottish nobleman and a key figure in the British Jacobite movement. He held the title of the 23rd Earl of Mar from the earldom's f
Thomas and John Erskine
Folio 5 recto from the Book of Deer (Cambridge University Library, MS. II.6.32), Text from the Gospel of Matthew, starting at Matt. 1:18, with Chi Rho monogram. The text in the margins is amongst the oldest surviving Gaelic text from Scotland.
Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine a hand holding up a skene in pale Argent, hilted and pommelled Or. Erskine in Scottish Gaelic is Arascain ("air an sgian" – upon the knife).
Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
Battle of Sheriffmuir
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The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protec
John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732)
…himself without an official position and subsequently championed the Jacobite cause. He raised an army to contest Hanoverian rule, leading troops at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in November 1715. Despite having a numerical advantage, the battle proved inconclusive. After a subsequent defeat at Fetteresso, Scotland, Erskine…
The Battle of Sheriffmuir, John Wootton
Monument to Clan MacRae, Sheriffmuir