Lieutenant Commander Montagu Macnaghten ERSKINE
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Montagu Macnaghten, 6th Baron Erskine 1865-1957
Montagu was born on 13 April 1865 in Brighton, Sussex, the son of William Erskine, 5th Baron Erskine, and his wife, Caroline Alice. From 1890 to 1936 the family lived at Spratton Hall in Northamptonshire. Montagu attended Eton College and then on 16 January 1895 in Stratford on Avon he married Florence Flower and moved to Westwood Lodge, Windlesham, Surrey. Their first child, Victoria, was born in 1897. A son Donald was born in 1899 and another son Richard in 1901. Montagu became the 6th Baron Erskine on 8 December 1913 when his father died. Lady Erskine, his mother, moved away from Spratton in 1915 and he and Florence took over Spratton Hall.
Lord Erskine was aged 49 when war was declared in 1914 and so was over the age limit for enlistment and for serving overseas. However he is recorded as serving in this country in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the war. His wife, Lady Florence, worked a s a volunteer for the Red Cross at the Windlesham Moor Auxiliary Hospital (Aldershot Command) from 1916 to 1918. Her duties were in the pantry and flower arranging. His daughter, the Honorable Miss Victoria Erskine, also worked for a year in the pantry of the Windlesham Hospital, from 1917-18.
Lord Erskine sold Spratton Hall in 1936 and died in Battersea, London on 9 February 1957 aged 91.
Spratton Hall
Spratton Hall
EXPLORE SECTIONS
MEN WHO SERVED
- Private Charles Herbert AUSTIN (known as Herbert)
- Corporal Frank AUSTIN
- Lance Corporal James William AUSTIN
- Private John Samuel AUSTIN
- Sergeant William Henry AUSTIN
- Sergeant Bertie Henry BALDERSON
- Corporal Frederick Charles BALDERSON MM
- Lance Corporal Robert Samuel BALDERSON
- Private George William BUCKBY (known as William)
- Private Henry Andrew BUCKBY
- Richard Henry Horne BUCKBY
- Transport Sergeant Thomas BUCKBY MM
- Company Quartermaster Sergeant William Gander BUCKBY
- William Archibald COPSON (known as Archibald)
- Sapper Ebenezer COPSON
- Private Ernest Edward COPSON
- Pioneer Henry Owman COPSON (known as Harry)
- Private James COPSON
- Private John William COPSON
- Private Joseph COPSON
- Private Arthur Sidney GOODEN (known as Sidney)
- Private Hugh Henry GOODEN
- Sergeant Joseph Eric GOODEN (known as Eric)
- Private Arthur Thomas HAYTER
- Driver Frank Leonard HAYTER
- Private Harold Herbert HAYTER
- Lance Corporal John Charles HAYTER DCM (known as Jack)
- Private Walter Ernest HAYTER
- Ordinary Seaman Arthur Charles HORNE
- Private John William HORNE (known as William)
- Lance Corporal Lewis HORNE
- Private Thomas HORNE
- Driver John Henry LEESON
- Corporal Joseph Henry LEESON (known as Harry)
- Thomas Baden Powell LEESON (known as ‘Bard’)
- Private Albert MANNING
- Corporal Amos MANNING
- Private Arthur Cecil MANNING
- Private George MANNING
- Sergeant George William MANNING
- Sapper Henry Stanley MANNING (known as Stanley)
- Private John Thomas MANNING
- Private John William MANNING
- Air Mechanic Nathaniel MANNING
- Driver/Saddler Samuel MANNING
- Gunner George Albert MARTIN
- Private Joseph MARTIN
- Private Thomas Henry MARTIN (known as Harry)
- Private Thomas Walter MARTIN (known as Walter)
- Pioneer Walter Ernest MARTIN
- Sergeant William Higgs MARTIN, DCM
- Private Arthur Walter PAGE
- Private Francis Samuel PAGE (known as Sam)
- Private Frank PAGE
- Private Stephen PAGE
- Lieutenant George REEVE MC MM
- Private Richard Henry REEVE (known as Harry)
- Private Samuel REEVE
- Private Sidney Philip REEVE
- Private Frederick Thomas RICHARDSON
- Private John William RICHARDSON
- Private Percy John Partridge RICHARDSON
- Private Abraham Bert SMITH
- Private Alfred SMITH
- Private Frank SMITH 46648
- Private John Samuel SMITH
- Private John William SMITH (6942)
- Private John William (William John) SMITH (8964)
- Private Charles Walter WADHAMS
- Private John Edward WADHAMS
- Private Thomas Edwin WADHAMS
- Private William WADHAMS