Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn
Sex: M
Birth: 2 Mar 1833 in Dysart House, co Fife ^b
Baptism: 10 Apr 1833 ^c
Death: 6 Sep 1890 in Dysart House, co Fife ^d
Burial: 11 Sep 1890 in Rosslyn Chapel ^u

Parents:

Father:
James Alexander St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn Birth: 15 Feb 1802 in London Death: 16 Jun 1866 in 12 Lower Belgrave Str

Mother:

Frances WEMYSS Birth: 16 Sep 1794 Death: 30 Sep 1858 in Dysart House, co Fife

Family:
Marriage:

Blanche Adeliza FITZROY on 8 Nov 1866 at St Geo, Han Sq .^m1
Blanche Adeliza FITZROY Birth: Aug 1839 Death: 8 Dec 1933 in York Terrace, Regents Park

Children:

Milicent Fanny St CLAIR-ERSKINE Birth: 20 Oct 1867

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p177],
place:: [Ref: CP XI p177],
parents:: [Ref: CP XI p177]

Sources for baptism Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p177]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p178],
place:: [Ref: CP XI p178]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p178],
place:: [Ref: CP XI p178]

Sources with Information about marriage to Blanche Adeliza FITZROY

date:: [Ref: CP XI p178],
place:: [Ref: CP XI p178],
child:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p568, Roberts RD600 p16]

Research Notes:
4th Earl of Rosslyn, of Earldom cr 1801 [Ref: CP XI p177]
4th Earl of Rosslyn [Ref: CP XII/1 p568, Roberts RD600 p16]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p177]

Pedigree of Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn
                                                                /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                                                       /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
                                                      |         \-----Annabella MURRAY
                                              /-----Sir Charles ERSKINE
                                             |        |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
                                             |         \-----Mary STEWART
                                             |                  \-----Catherine De BALSAC
                                     /-----Sir Charles ERSKINE
                                    |        |                  /-----Henry HOPE
                                    |        |         /-----Thomas HOPE
                                    |        |        |         \-----Jacqueline De TUT
                                    |         \-----Mary HOPE
                                    |                 |         /-----John BINNING
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth BINNING
                            /-----Sir John ERSKINE
                           |        |         /-----Sir James DUNDAS
                           |         \-----Christian DUNDAS
                           |                 |                  /-----Robert BOYD
                           |                 |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                           |                 |        |         \-----Jean KERR
                           |                  \-----Marion BOYD
                           |                          |         /-----Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington
                           |                           \-----Christian HAMILTON
                           |                                    \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                   /-----Sir Henry ERSKINE
                  |        |                  /-----John St CLAIR
                  |        |         /-----Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
                  |        |        |        |         /-----John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
                  |        |        |         \-----Catherine SINCLAIR
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
                  |        |        |                  \-----Mary WEMYSS
                  |        |        |                           \-----Jean GRAY
                  |         \-----Catharine St CLAIR
                  |                 |         /-----Sir James COCKBURN
                  |                  \-----Barbara COCKBURN
          /-----James St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn
         |        |         /-----Peter WEDDERBURN
         |         \-----Janet WEDDERBURN
         |                 |         /-----David OGILVE
         |                  \-----Janet OGILVE
/-----James Alexander St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn
|        |                                    /-----Sir Edward De BOUVERIE
|        |                           /-----Sir William De BOUVERIE
|        |                          |        |         /-----Jacob De La FORTERIE
|        |                          |         \-----Anne De La FORTERIE
|        |                  /-----Jacob De BOUVERIE, Viscount Folkestone
|        |                 |        |                  /-----John URRY
|        |                 |        |         /-----David URRY
|        |                 |         \-----Anne URRY
|        |                 |                 |         /-----James CHURCH
|        |                 |                  \-----Anne CHURCH
|        |         /-----Edward De BOUVERIE
|        |        |        |         /-----Bartholomew CLARKE
|        |        |         \-----Mary CLARKE
|        |        |                  \-----Mary YOUNG
|         \-----Henrietta Elizabeth BOUVERIE
|                 |         /-----Sir Everard FAWKENER
|                  \-----Henrietta FAWKENER
Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn
|         /-----William WEMYSS
\-----Frances WEMYSS
         |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
          \-----Frances ERSKINE

Descendants of Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn

1. Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn m. Blanche Adeliza FITZROY

m. Blanche Adeliza FITZROY father: Henry FITZROY mother: Jane Elizabeth BEAUCLERK

2+ Milicent Fanny St CLAIR-ERSKINE m. Cromartie LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland

2nd generation

2. Milicent Fanny St CLAIR-ERSKINE m. Cromartie LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland

m. Cromartie LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland father: George Granville William SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Suthe mother: Anne HAY-MACKENZIE

3+ Rosemary Millicent LEVESON-GOWER m. William Humble Eric WARD, Earl Of Dudley

3rd generation

3. Rosemary Millicent LEVESON-GOWER m. William Humble Eric WARD, Earl Of Dudley

m. William Humble Eric WARD, Earl Of Dudley father: William Humble WARD, Earl Of Dudley mother: Rachel GURNEY

4+ Living WARD m. Living BARING

4th generation

4. Living WARD m. Living BARING

m. Living BARING

5 Rachel Claire WARD m. Bryan BROWN