Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Baronet was a Scottish soldier and politician.
Henry Erskine, 5th Baronet, father of James, second Earl of Rosslyn (Frans van der Mijn)
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Eton College is an English public school providing education for boys aged 13–18, located in Eton, Berkshire. The school was founded in 1440 by Henry VI as Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde
Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Baronet
…and politician. He was a younger son of Sir John Erskine, 3rd Baronet, M.P. of Alva, Clackmannanshire, and Catherine Sinclair, was probably educated at Eton College and entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 1728. However, instead of a legal career he joined the Army and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General in…
Aerial view of Eton College from the north
A statue of Henry VI in the school yard
The College Chapel
A 1690 engraving of Eton College by David Loggan