Shipley Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan

Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan, JP, DL (27 February 1850 – 16 April 1934), styled Lord Cardross from 1857 until 1898, was a Scottish nobleman and racehorse owner.

[4] Buchan was Conservative in politics but spent most of his life involved in equestrian and leisurely pursuits.

[5] He was also an early member of the "Happy Valley set" in Kenya and in 1911 acquired 4,000 acres of farmland in Nyeri.

[8] Buchan held the office of Justice of the peace and Deputy lieutenant for both Cambridgeshire and Linlithgowshire.

They had four children:[3] Lady Cardross, as La Duchesse de Lavis, attended the Devonshire House Ball of 1897.