Erskine, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron, 1750-1823

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Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine, British lord chancellor.

From the guide to the Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's-1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

Erskine won fame for his defence work in many of the show trials of the 1790's and was considered England's greatest practicing advocate in libel and adultery litigation.

From the description of Correspondence, 1796-1819. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338409

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referencedIn John Lee papers 1763-1851 Lee, John papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Napoleon III Emperor of the French, 1808-1873. Pamphlets. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823. Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine manuscript material : 1 items, 1823 New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn WARREN HASTINCS PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 145). Miscellaneous correspondence of Marian Hastings, wife of Warren Hastings ; 1817-1835. Many of the letters are from the royal princesses: Elizabeth [Landgravine of Hesse Homburg], Mary [Duchess of Gloucester..., 1817-1835 British Library
creatorOf Letters Addressed to Thomas Walker (1749-1817), 1775-1819 British Library
referencedIn Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn James Monroe Papers, 1758-1839 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Portrait file: Guide. Houghton Library
referencedIn Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1668-1866 (inclusive);, 1738-1836 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Glasse, George Henry, 1761-1809. Correspondence, 1757-1808 (bulk: 1778-1808) Houghton Library
referencedIn Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive);, 1738-1866 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823. Correspondence, 1796-1819. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Two letters from Thomas Erskine to George Harding, 1785., 1785 University of St Andrews
referencedIn Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Lee, Mary Hutchinson. John Lee papers, 1763-1851. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Autograph File, E, 1564-1961. Houghton Library
creatorOf Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829. Scrapbook of autographs, letters, biographies, news clippings and prints of English judges, ca. 1629?- ca. 1873? Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Lewis Walker letter books 1813-1880 1813-1815 Walker, Lewis letter books William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Bailye, Hugh, 1761-1833,. Autograph letters signed from Hugh Bailye, Lichfield, to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1795 December 23-179[6] March 12. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823. Autograph letter signed : [London], to [George Colman, the younger?] at the Haymarket Theatre, 1814. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Erskine, Thomas, First Baron Erskine. Papers, 1806. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810. Houghton Library
referencedIn The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : including a journal of a tour to the Hebrides, extra-illustrated, 1711-1834 (inclusive). Houghton Library
creatorOf Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's-1823 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Fall, Charles G. (Charles Gershom), 1845-1932. Studies in eloquence : Thomas Erskine [and] Charles James Fox : typescript, 1909. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sheridan family papers, 1693-1917 (bulk: 1762-1917). Houghton Library
referencedIn Hoar, George Frisbie. 1826-1904. Autograph collection, 1598-1945 Houghton Library
creatorOf Showers, Samuel Howe. The case of Samuel Howe Showers Esq., Lieutenant Colonel in the military service of the East India Company at Calcutta to which is subjoined the opinions of Mr. Erskine and Mr. Fonblanque thereon. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823. Autograph letter signed, Feb. 12. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Letter from Thomas Erskine to Gilbert Wakefield, 1798., 16 February 1798 University of St Andrews
referencedIn Society of the Friends of the People (Great Britain). Declaration or manifesto, 1792 Apr 11. Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Letterbooks, 1789-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. XXVIII (ff. 102). Poems, by various authors, some of which are printed in The New Foundling Hospital for Wit, 1784. The writers are:-[Henry] Addington [1st Viscount Sidmouth]. f. 1. Lady [Sophia] Burrell. f. 4. [Richard ... British Library
creatorOf Abell, Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, d. 1871. The Blessington papers : manuscript albums, 1818-1856 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823. Treason and sedition bills: a speech before parliament, Nov. 30, 1795. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Walker, Lewis, ca. 1770-1840. Lewis Walker letter books, 1813-1880, bulk 1813-1815. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, extra-illustrated. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849 person
associatedWith Boswell, James, 1740-1795 person
associatedWith Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. person
associatedWith Colman, George, 1762-1836, person
associatedWith Countenay, Kenneth, person
associatedWith Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857 person
associatedWith Dakefield, Gilbert, person
associatedWith Erskine, Thomas person
associatedWith Fall, Charles G. (Charles Gershom), 1845-1932. person
correspondedWith Glasse, George Henry, 1761-1809 person
associatedWith Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. corporateBody
associatedWith Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903 person
associatedWith Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904 person
associatedWith Jarvis, Thomas, person
associatedWith Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 person
associatedWith Lee, Mary Hutchinson person
associatedWith Lee, Mary Hutchinson. person
associatedWith Lee, Mary Tabitha person
correspondedWith Monroe, James, 1758-1831. person
associatedWith Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 person
associatedWith Olner, Dennis, person
associatedWith Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805 person
associatedWith Sheridan family. family
associatedWith Showers, Samuel Howe. person
associatedWith Society of the Friends of the People (Great Britain). corporateBody
associatedWith Walker, Lewis, ca. 1770-1840 person
correspondedWith Washington, George, 1732-1799 person
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Birth 1750-01-10

Death 1823-11-17

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Scots

English

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