Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 927
Title	Letter from [John Elphinstone] Lord [4th Baron] Balmerinoch, to [John Erskine] 22nd Earl of Mar; 28 Jan. 1713/4
Date	28 January 1714
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Say that the Lord Treasurer [1st Earl of Oxford] would have done him a 'great kindness' if he had informed him at London that he was to have 'no salary'; says that his son spent more in the 'Queen's service' than he did, which makes him less able to 'bear the present charge'; asks where the order which the Treasurer signed is; says he is glad that the Queen has recovered; comments that his zeal to serve has not been diminished. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	royalty, allegiance to
Term	financial affairs, 4th Baron Balmerinoch

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29725	Elphinstone; James (1675-1746); 5th Baron Balmerinoch; succ. 1736	1675-1746
NA29726	Elphinstone; John (1652-1736); 4th Baron Balmerinoch; succ. 1704; also Lord Coupar	1652-1736
NA20023	Erskine; John (1675-1732); 22nd Earl of Mar; succ. 1689; Jacobite; attainted 1716	1675-1732