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John Erskine, 1st earl of Mar (died Oct. 29, 1572, Stirling, Stirling, Scot.) was a Scottish lord who played a major role in deposing Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (reigned 1542–67), and gaining the crown for her infant son James VI (later James I of England); Mar was regent for James in 1571–72.
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Portrait of John Erskine, Earl of Mar. John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Mar (c. 1558 – 14 December 1634) was a Scottish politician, the only son of another John Erskine and Annabella Murray. He is regarded as both the 19th earl (in the 1st creation) and the 2nd earl (in the 7th).
In the early 18th century, John Erskine, Earl of Mar, played a significant role in British politics. He was aligned with a party supportive of the government and was appointed as one of the Commissioners for the Union. His political acumen led to his appointment as a Scottish Secretary of State.
10 de may. de 2022 · John Erskine, Earl of Mar (died 28 October 1572), regent of Scotland, was a son of John, 5th Lord Erskine, who was guardian of King James V, and afterwards of Mary, Queen of Scots. He is regarded as both the 18th earl (in the 1st creation) and the 1st earl (in the 7th).
- Annabelle Murray
- October 28, 1572Stirling, Scotland
- estimated between 1493 and 1545
- Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland
John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar ( d. 1555) John Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine, 18th and 1st Earl of Mar ( d. 1572 ). Deemed to have been created Earl of Mar by the House of Lords in 1875, and restored to the first creation of the earldom by Act of Parliament in 1885 .
John Erskine, Earl of Mar was a Scottish Jacobite who was the eldest son of Charles, Earl of Mar (who died in 1689), from whom he inherited estates that were heavily loaded with debt. He was nicknamed "Bobbing John", for his tendency to shift back and forth from faction to faction, whether from Tory to Whig or Hanoverian to Jacobite.
Erskine inherited the earldom of Mar in 1572 upon the death of his father, John, 1st (and 18th) Earl of Mar, who had become regent for the five-year-old James VI in 1571. Mar grew up with James at Stirling Castle, and in 1578 he made himself James’s guardian.
