The subject of the poem is Thomas Erskine, a lawyer and member of the Whig party that successfully served in the defense of three political radicals during the 1794 Treason Trials.
Peter Erskine | Lord Erskine | Erskine Caldwell | John Erskine, Lord Erskine | Thomas Erskine | Robert Erskine Childers | Erskine College | Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine | Robert Erskine | John Erskine | Erskine Bridge | David Erskine, 2nd Lord Cardross | Barbara Erskine | Ralph Erskine (architect) | Ralph Erskine | Gizzi Erskine | Erskine Hamilton Childers | Erskine | Carl Erskine | Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet | Erskine Clarke | Erskine Childers | Ebenezer Erskine | Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald | William Erskine (historian) | William Erskine | W. Erskine Johnston Public School | Thomas Erskine Perry | Thomas Erskine of Haltoun | Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie |
Coleridge witnessed the trials and was affected to the point that he wrote "To Erskine", the first of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters, about Thomas Erskine's defense of the accused.