The Earl of Rosslyn | |
|---|---|
| Master of the Buckhounds | |
| In office 10 September 1841 – 29 June 1846 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel |
| Preceded by | The Lord Kinnaird |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Granville |
| In office 28 February 1852 – 17 December 1852 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Bessborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Bessborough |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 18 January 1837 – 16 June 1866 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Earl of Rosslyn |
| Succeeded by | The 4th Earl of Rosslyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1802 |
| Died | 16 June 1866 (aged 64) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse |
Frances Wemyss
(m. 1826; died 1858) |
| Children | 3, including Robert |
| Parent(s) | James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn Harriet Elizabeth Bouverie |
General James Alexander St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn PC, DL (15 February 1802 – 16 June 1866), styled Lord Loughborough from 1805 to 1837, was a Scottish soldier and Tory politician. A General in the British Army, he also held political office as Master of the Buckhounds between 1841 and 1846 and again in 1852 and as Under-Secretary of State for War in 1859.