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Authorised form of nameErskine; William (- 1685); master of Charterhouse
Other forms of surnameAerskine
Erskyn
Dates - 1685
NationalityBritish
Date of death29 May 1685
OccupationCourtier; Schoolmaster
ActivityCareer:
Master of the Charterhouse (1677-1685); Cupbearer to Charles II
Membership categoryOriginal Fellow
Date of election22/04/1663
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council (1663-1664; 1671; 1681)
Committee and panels:
Committee for improving the English language (1664)
RelationshipsParents: John Erskine and Lady Mary Stewart
OtherInfoCharterhouse developed a very good reputation for hospital care and treatment, and the institution further developed into a well-respected public school. The original bequest for the hospital's maintenance, from Thomas Sutton in 1611, secured care for male pensioners of certain backgrounds as well as the education of forty boys. The governing body of Charterhouse School kept a representative appointed by the Council of the Society well into the 20th century.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Name from DNB and Hunter; Altname from index to BR and R; death date from DNB
Notes:
The election date is Erskine's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 14 August 1661 and admitted into the Society on 21 August 1661.
CodeNA4319
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
DM/5/69Opinion of John Hoskyns, William Erskine and Peter Balle concerning 'the manuscript bookes in the Library bestowed by the Honble Henry Lord Howard of Norfolke on the Royall Society'1 March 1668
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