in 1588 drew up the Second Book of Discipline. From 1579 he was a member of the king's council. Erskine owed his peculiar influence among the Scottish reformers to his personality; Queen Mary described him as "a mild and sweet-natured man, with true honesty and uprightness". Erskine married Agnes Ogilvy, daughter of Katherine Campbell (d. 1578) and James Ogilvy, Master of Ogilvy. Notes References This article cites: "Dun Papers" in the Spalding Club Miscellany, vol. iv. (1849), 1509 births 1591 deaths Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland People from Angus, Scotland Scottish scholars and academics Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Lords of the Congregation 16th-century Scottish people