Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/May, Sir Thomas Erskine

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3837662Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 — May, Sir Thomas ErskineJoseph Foster


May, Sir Thomas Erskine, K.C.B., clerk of the House of Commons 1871-86, created D.C.L. 17 June, 1874, bar.-at-law. Middle Temple. 1838, bencher 1873. author of the 'Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament,' 'Constitutional History of England 1760-1870,' etc., knighted 6 July, 1866, created Baron Farnborough, of Farnborough, co. Southants, 11 May, 1887, died 17 May, 1887. See Foster's Men at the Bar.