Individual Details
Hon. Sir Alexander "of Gogar" Erskine
(Bef 1531 - Aft 3 Apr 1592)
[[Category:Scotland, Notables]]
[[Category:Clan Erskine]]
== Biography ==
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}:Hon. Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar was born about 1549, the son of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine and Lady Margaret Campbell. A contract for the marriage of Hon. Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar and Margaret Home was signed on 20 March 1563/64. He died after 3 April 1592.:He was Guardian of King James VI. He held the office of Keeper of Stirling Castle before 1578, until he was ejected by his nephew, the 2nd Earl of Mar. He lived at Gogar, Scotland.
== Sources ==
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p2810.htm#i28094
*G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000)
*Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003)
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Alexander_Erskine_of_Gogar|Alexander Erskine of Gogar]]
* }
[[Category:Clan Erskine]]
== Biography ==
}
}:Hon. Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar was born about 1549, the son of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine and Lady Margaret Campbell. A contract for the marriage of Hon. Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar and Margaret Home was signed on 20 March 1563/64. He died after 3 April 1592.:He was Guardian of King James VI. He held the office of Keeper of Stirling Castle before 1578, until he was ejected by his nephew, the 2nd Earl of Mar. He lived at Gogar, Scotland.
== Sources ==
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p2810.htm#i28094
*G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000)
*Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003)
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Alexander_Erskine_of_Gogar|Alexander Erskine of Gogar]]
* }
Events
| Birth | Bef 1531 | Midlothian, Scotland | |||
| Death | Aft 3 Apr 1592 | Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 5550899 | ||||
| Reference No | 5706882 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Sir John "5th Lord Erskine" Erskine (1487 - 1555) |
| Mother | Margaret Campbell (1485 - 1555) |
| Sibling | Katherine Erskine (1506 - 1552) |
| Sibling | Janet Erskine (1512 - ) |
| Sibling | Lady Margaret Erskine (1513 - 1572) |
| Sibling | John "1st Earl of Mar" Erskine (1522 - 1572) |
| Sibling | Robert "Master of Erskine" Erskine (1522 - 1547) |
| Sibling | Thomas Erskine (1528 - 1551) |
| Sibling | Arthur Erskine (1540 - 1571) |