James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn

The Earl of Rosslyn
Master of the Buckhounds
In office
10 September 1841 – 29 June 1846
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel
Preceded byThe Lord Kinnaird
Succeeded byThe Earl Granville
In office
28 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Derby
Preceded byThe Earl of Bessborough
Succeeded byThe Earl of Bessborough
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
18 January 1837 – 16 June 1866
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
Succeeded byThe 4th Earl of Rosslyn
Personal details
Born15 February 1802
Died16 June 1866 (1866-06-17) (aged 64)
NationalityBritish
Political partyTory
Spouse
Frances Wemyss
(m. 1826; died 1858)
Children3, including Robert
Parent(s)James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
Harriet Elizabeth Bouverie

General James Alexander St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn PC, DL (15 February 1802 – 16 June 1866), styled Lord Loughborough from 1805 to 1837, was a Scottish soldier and Tory politician. A General in the British Army, he also held political office as Master of the Buckhounds between 1841 and 1846 and again in 1852 and as Under-Secretary of State for War in 1859.


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