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- The Hon. David Hervey Erskine, DL, JP, who died 25 May, 2004, aged 79,
was a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk 1971-86, and a Deputy
Lieutenant for Suffolk from 1983.
He was born 5 November, 1924, 3rd son of John Francis Ashley, styled
Lord Erskine, GCSI, GCIE (who died 1953, himself a son of the 12th
Earl of Mar and (14th) Earl of Kellie), by his wife Lady Marjorie
Hervey, elder daughter of the 4th Marquess of Bristol.
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career: served in Italy and Palestine, 1944-47 (Italy Star); Called to
the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1950; late Captain the Scots Guards; a
County Councillor for West Suffolk, 1969-74 and for Suffolk, 1974-85.
He was a member of Brook's Club.
Mr. Erskine was twice married, firstly, 5 December, 1953, to Jean
Violet (d. 1983), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Vivian
Campbell Douglas of Mains, by whom he had three daughters, Janet,
Catherine and Molly. He married secondly, 3 May, 1985, Caroline Mary,
widow of the 2nd Viscount Chandos (who died in 1980), and daughter of
the Rt Hon Sir Alan Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC (who d. 1981),
one-time Private Secretary to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II,
and scion of the Earls of Harewood.
The funeral took place at St Peter's Church, Felsham, Friday 4 June,
2004.
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