David Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan

David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of Buchan, DL (6 November 1815 – 3 December 1899), was a British Army officer and equestrian.

[1][2] Erskine, whilst still Lord Cardross, entered the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and rose to the rank of Captain.

[1] He succeeded his father on his death in 1857 and was appointed Deputy lieutenant of Linlithgowshire.

[2] Erskine lived at West Hagbourne Manor, Didcot, Oxfordshire.

[1] He was declared bankrupt in 1894 at the sum of £388 after having passed on his estates in Linlithgow to his son, Lord Cardross, later the 14th Earl of Buchan.