Cardross House (9)
The Cardross House website states the &quot;for about a hundred years from the early 17th Century, the Erskine family fortunes were at a low ebb and the house was neglected.&quot;  That neglect of course, was due to the trials and tribulations experienced by Henry 3rd, Lord Cardoss, and it resulted in the sale of the estate in 1745 or 46 for £8,290. 

The 3rd Lord Cardoss's son David, 4th Lord Cardoss, inherited the Earldom of Buchan (as 9th earl) from his cousin.  The current Earl of Buchan, is his direct descendant.  It was Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, that was obliged to sell Cardross.  While the Cardross estate passed out of the hands of the Earls of Buchan, they remained and still are, Lords Cardross.

The purchaser of Cardross at a 'judicial sale', in 1745/6 was John Erskine of Carnock, an Edinburgh lawyer and nephew of Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross.  The barony and estate of Cardross now having separated, the subsequent lairds were consequently the 'Erskines of Cardross', not the 'Lords Cardoss'.  (John Erskine inherited Carnock from his mother).
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