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ERSKINE, Sir William, British soldier, born in England in 1728; died on 9 March 1795. He entered the Scots grays in 1743, and became a cornet at Fontenoy. In March 1759, he was made a major in the 15th light dragoons, and served with great credit in Germany; and in 1762 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was sent to America with the appointment of brigadier general, and commanded the 7th brigade in the battle of Long Island in 1776. Subsequently he was second in command of Governor William Tryon's marauding expedition to Danbury, Connecticut, in April 1777. He was then made colonel of the 80th regiment, and commanded the eastern district of Long Island during the winter of 1778'9. He was made a major general in 1779, lieutenant general in 1787, and became a baronet in June 1791. During the campaign in Flanders, in 1793'5, he was second in command to the Duke of York.
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