Erskine, THOMAS

LORD, 1750-1823. Scottish advocate of highest rank, practicing in England; M.P. 1783; Baron 1806; Lord Chancellor 1806-7. He was a steady Whig, and defended Hardy and Tooke when tried for treason 1794. War with France, 1797.-His brother HENRY, 1746-1817, was almost equally eminent in Scotland; Lord Advocate 1783 and 1806; M.P. 1806.