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|name=George Elphinstone Erskine<br />
|birth_date=20 January 1841<br />
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|death_date=12 September 1912<br />
|death_place=[[Brighton]]<br />
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1857 - 1895<br />
|rank= [[Major-General]]<br />
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[[Major-General]] '''George Elphinstone Erskine''' (1841-1912) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer who served in [[British Raj|India]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]] in 1857.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Born on 20 January 1841, George Elphinstone Erskine was educated at [[Bedford School]]. He entered the [[British Indian Army]] in 1857 and served in [[British Raj|India]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]], between 1857 and 1858. He served on the [[Oudh State|Oudh Commission]] between 1863 and 1889 and was appointed commissioner to investigate landlord-tenant relations in [[Oudh State]] in 1883. He was appointed to the commission for the amalgamation of the governments of the [[North-Western Provinces]] and [[Oudh State]] in 1889.<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U185774/ERSKINE_Maj.-Gen._George_Elphinstone?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0 Who's Who]</ref><br />
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Erskine retired in 1895 and died in [[Brighton]] on 10 February 1905.<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p18671.htm#i186704 Person Page 18671]</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Erskine married twice. His first wife was Blanche Cates, daughter of George Cates. His second wife was Eva Constance Sarah Edwards, daughter of Canon Ebenezer Wood Edwards. He had issue three sons who all joined the army. By his first wife:<br />
*Lieutenant-Colonel Keith Erskine (1863–1914), Indian Army<br />
*Captain Charles Ellis Hay Erskine (1866–1902), [[Indian Staff Corps]], who died aged only 36.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Deaths |date=8 October 1902 |page=1 |issue=36893| }}</ref><br />
By his second wife he was the father of<br />
*General Sir [[George Watkin Eben James Erskine]] (1899–1965)<br />
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