John Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick

John Maxwell Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick, GBE, KStJ, JP, DL, FRSE (14 December 1893 – 14 December 1980) was a Scottish banker. He acted as Governor of Northern Ireland from 1964 to 1968.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Erskine of Rerrick

GBE KStJ JP DL FRSE
Governor of Northern Ireland
In office
1 December 1964 – 27 November 1968
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byThe Lord Wakehurst
Succeeded byThe Lord Grey of Naunton
Personal details
Born
John Maxwell Erskine

14 December 1893
Died14 December 1980(1980-12-14) (aged 87)
Flag of the Governor of Northern Ireland

Life

Lord Erskine was born in Kirkcudbright, the son of John and Maryanne Erskine, and was educated at Kirkcudbright Academy and the University of Edinburgh.

He was General Manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland from 1932 to 1953, and a director from 1951 to 1969. From 1937 to 1940 he was President of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland. In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Scotland. His proposers were James Watt, Robert Grant, Sir Thomas Barnby Whitson, and Ralph Allan Sampson.[1]

He was knighted in 1949 and created a Baron in 1964.

Family

He married Henrietta Dunnett in 1922 and they had one son and one daughter. His son Iain Maxwell Erskine succeeded him as 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick.[2]

Sources

The International Who's Who, 1980–81

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References
  1. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p19917.htm
Political offices
Preceded by
Lord Wakehurst		 Governor of Northern Ireland
1964–1968		 Succeeded by
Lord Grey of Naunton
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New title Baron Erskine of Rerrick
1964 – 1980		 Succeeded by
Iain Maxwell Erskine
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