James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie, Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower, DL (born 10 March 1949) is a Scottish peer and former Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Educated at Eton, he was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II in 1962 and 1963.
He proceeded to Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh, before embarking on a career in social work with various Scottish local authorities.
Having succeeded to the titles the previous year, the earl took his seat in the House of Lords in 1994, choosing to sit on the Liberal Democrat benches.
[citation needed] As the Earl of Mar does not have any children, his heir presumptive is his younger brother the Hon.