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James Erskine
British Royal Navy officer (1838-1911)
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Not who you're looking for? Others named James Erskine: British politician (1863-1944) · British Member of Parliament (born 1671) · director and filmmaker · Scottish advocate and judge; (1722-1796)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Elphinstone Erskine, was a Scottish Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served on the North America and West Indies Station. This was a difficult time in relations between the United Kingdom and the United States following the Trent Affair, an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War when the United States Navy frigate USS San Jacinto intercepted the British mail packet RMS Trent.
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