Charles Erskine (1680 - 1763) was a Scottish judge. Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

A regent of Edinburgh University from 1700 to 1707, he was appointed the first professor of Public Law in the University in 1707. He became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1711 and was a Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire in 1722, 1727 and 1734, for the Dumfries burghs in 1734, for the Wick burghs in 1741. The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Dumfriesshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Wick is a coastal town on the main highway linking John O Groats with southern Britain, a royal burgh and the county town of Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. ...

He was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1725, Lord Advocate from 1737 to 1742. He was raised to the bench in 1744 as Lord Tinwald and was Lord Justice Clerk from 1748 until his death. Her Majestys Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Executive on Scots Law. ... Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ... The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ... The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior Judge in Scotland. ...