Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

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

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: James Alexander St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn
Sex: M
Birth: 15 Feb 1802 in London ^b
Baptism: St Geo, Han Sq ^c
Death: 16 Jun 1866 in 12 Lower Belgrave Str ^d
Burial: 22 Jun 1866 in Rosslyn Chapel ^u

Parents:

Father:
James St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn Birth: 6 Feb 1762 Death: 18 Jan 1837 in Dysart House, co Fife

Mother:

Henrietta Elizabeth BOUVERIE Birth: 1771 Death: 8 Aug 1810 in Edinburgh

Family:
Marriage:

Frances WEMYSS on 10 Oct 1826 at Wemyss Castle, co Fife .^m1
Frances WEMYSS Birth: 16 Sep 1794 Death: 30 Sep 1858 in Dysart House, co Fife

Children:

Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn Birth: 2 Mar 1833 in Dysart House, co Fife Death: 6 Sep 1890 in Dysart House, co Fife

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].*].

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

place:: [Ref: CP XI p177]

Sources for death Information

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

Sources for burial Information

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

Sources with Information about marriage to Frances WEMYSS

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

Research Notes:
3rd Earl of Rosslyn, of Earldom cr 1801 [Ref: CP XI p177]
styled Lord Loughborough [Ref: CP XI p177]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p177]

Pedigree of James Alexander St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn
                                                                /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                                                       /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                                                      |         \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
                                              /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
                                             |        |         /-----Sir William MURRAY
                                             |         \-----Annabella MURRAY
                                             |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
                                     /-----Sir Charles ERSKINE
                                    |        |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
                                    |        |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
                                    |        |        |         \-----Anne De La QUEUILLE
                                    |         \-----Mary STEWART
                                    |                 |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
                                    |                  \-----Catherine De BALSAC
                                    |                           \-----Louise De HUMIERES
                            /-----Sir Charles ERSKINE
                           |        |                  /-----Henry HOPE
                           |        |         /-----Thomas HOPE
                           |        |        |         \-----Jacqueline De TUT
                           |         \-----Mary HOPE
                           |                 |         /-----John BINNING
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth BINNING
                   /-----Sir John ERSKINE
                  |        |         /-----Sir James DUNDAS
                  |         \-----Christian DUNDAS
                  |                 |                           /-----Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd
                  |                 |                  /-----Robert BOYD
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
                  |                 |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
                  |                 |        |         \-----Jean KERR
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret MAXWELL
                  |                  \-----Marion BOYD
                  |                          |                  /-----Thomas HAMILTON
                  |                          |         /-----Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington
                  |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERIOT
                  |                           \-----Christian HAMILTON
                  |                                   |         /-----James BORTHWICK
                  |                                    \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                  |                                             \-----Elizabeth MURRAY
          /-----Sir Henry ERSKINE
         |        |                  /-----John St CLAIR
         |        |         /-----Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |        |        |                           /-----James SINCLAIR
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LESLIE
         |        |        |        |         /-----John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John COCKBURN
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
         |        |        |         \-----Catherine SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |        |        |                 |         /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |        |                  \-----Mary WEMYSS
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
         |        |        |                           \-----Jean GRAY
         |        |        |                                    \-----Mary STEWART
         |         \-----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

Descendants of James Alexander St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn

1. James Alexander St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn m. Frances WEMYSS

m. Frances WEMYSS father: William WEMYSS mother: Frances ERSKINE

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

2nd generation

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

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

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

3rd generation

3. 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

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

4th generation

4. 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

5+ Living WARD m. Living BARING

5th generation

5. Living WARD m. Living BARING

m. Living BARING

6 Rachel Claire WARD m. Bryan BROWN