Lord Robert Kerr

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Capt. Lord Robert Kerr

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Death: April 16, 1746
Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland (United Kingdom) (killed in the Battle of Culloden)
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Son of Sir William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian and Margaret Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian
Brother of Gen. William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian; Lady Jane? Kerr and unk son Kerr

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About Lord Robert Kerr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Robert_Kerr

Lord Robert Kerr (died 1746) was a Scottish nobleman of the Clan Kerr and a son of William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian.

He is thought to have gone on a grand tour of Europe between 1732 and 1739, on which he acquired the only surviving score of the Il Gran Mogul concerto by Vivaldi - he played the flute himself. He was commissioned into the army in 1739 and fought at the Battle of Culloden as captain of the grenadiers in Barrel's regiment. He received the first charging Cameron on the point of his spontoon, but then a second cut him through the head to chin, making him the only high-ranking Government soldier to be killed in the battle. His father was thus succeeded by Robert's younger brother William. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Culloden

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Lord Robert Kerr's Timeline

1739
August 5, 1739
St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1746
April 16, 1746
Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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