Elizabeth Erskine Countess of Buchan (née Harvey, later Rae)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1838

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Elizabeth Erskine (née Harvey), Countess of Buchan, awarded the compensation for the Crayfish estate in Grenada.

Elizabeth Harvey, the daughter of John Harvey of Castle Semple, married the 12th Earl of Buchan in 1830. Her brother, James Simpson Rae ne Harvey, had died at Crayfish in 1829. Her sister, Margaret Harvey and Margaret's husband James Lee Harvey (both of whom q.v.), were awarded the compensation for the Lower Conference estate in Grenada. Elizabeth Erskine died in 1838.

Sources

T71/880 Grenada claim nos. 562 (Crayfish) and 563.

http://thepeerage.com/p18683.htm [accessed 09/08/2012]. http://www.harveygenealogist.com/UK/scots_co.htm [accessed 09/08/2012], sourced to David Dobson, Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 (1984).

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Maiden Name

Harvey, later Rae

Name in compensation records

Countess of Buchan

Spouse

Henry David Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan

Children

3 children

Associated Claims (2)

Associated Estates (3)

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