Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan, JP, DL (27 February 1850 – 16 April 1934), styled Lord Cardross from 1857 until 1898, was a Scottish nobleman, landowner and horseman.
He was the eldest son of David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan and his wife Agnes Graham Smith – a scion of the family of the Duke of Montrose and Smiths of Craigend in Perthshire. [1] [2] He was presumably named after his great-grandfather, Major-General Sir Charles Shipley. He was educated at Harrow. [3]
Buchan held the office of Justice of the peace and Deputy lieutenant for both Cambridgeshire and Linlithgowshire. [4] He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Buchan, in the Peerage of Scotland, in 1898. [4]
Buchan was Conservative in politics but spent most of his life involved in equestrian and leisurely pursuits. In 1911 he acquired 4,000 acres of farmland in Nyeri, Kenya. [5]
Lord Cardross was a member and supporter of the antisemitic group " The Britons", donating £30 in 1922. [6]
Buchan died on 16 April 1934 at his residence in Chelsea, London.
The family seat was Almondell House, near Broxburn, Linlithgowshire. [7] He owned a mere 3,000 acres in Linlithgow and Midlothian. [8]
On 9 November 1876, Buchan married Rosalie Louise Sartoris (1859-1943), daughter of Capt. Jules-Alexandre Sartoris, a scion of the Swiss Sartoris family. They had four children: [4]
Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan, JP, DL (27 February 1850 – 16 April 1934), styled Lord Cardross from 1857 until 1898, was a Scottish nobleman, landowner and horseman.
He was the eldest son of David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan and his wife Agnes Graham Smith – a scion of the family of the Duke of Montrose and Smiths of Craigend in Perthshire. [1] [2] He was presumably named after his great-grandfather, Major-General Sir Charles Shipley. He was educated at Harrow. [3]
Buchan held the office of Justice of the peace and Deputy lieutenant for both Cambridgeshire and Linlithgowshire. [4] He succeeded as the 14th Earl of Buchan, in the Peerage of Scotland, in 1898. [4]
Buchan was Conservative in politics but spent most of his life involved in equestrian and leisurely pursuits. In 1911 he acquired 4,000 acres of farmland in Nyeri, Kenya. [5]
Lord Cardross was a member and supporter of the antisemitic group " The Britons", donating £30 in 1922. [6]
Buchan died on 16 April 1934 at his residence in Chelsea, London.
The family seat was Almondell House, near Broxburn, Linlithgowshire. [7] He owned a mere 3,000 acres in Linlithgow and Midlothian. [8]
On 9 November 1876, Buchan married Rosalie Louise Sartoris (1859-1943), daughter of Capt. Jules-Alexandre Sartoris, a scion of the Swiss Sartoris family. They had four children: [4]