Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian

Biographical Summary

Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian, Schomberg Henry. 02/12/1833-17/01/1900. Ref: 3344. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: 9th Marquess of Lothian,(1870), KT(1878), PC(1886).
• Profession: Diplomat.
• Appointments Held: Diplomatic Service, Lisbon, Teheran 1854, Baghdad 1855, Athens c1857; 2nd Secretary Frankfurt 1862, Madrid 1865, Vienna 1865; Lord Keeper of The Privy Seal 1874-1900; Secretary of State for Scotland 1886-92.
• Schools and Tutors: Trinity College,Glenalmond, Perthshire, Eton College, Buckinghamshire.
• Undergraduate Studies: Oxford.
• Postgraduate Studies: LL D(Hon Edinburgh 1882).
• Marital Status: Married (1865) Lady Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott d. 1938.
• Mother: Lady Cecil Chetwynd Talbot.
• Father: John William Robert Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian.
• Other Family: Son-in-Law of Walter Francis Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, FRSE 1806-84.
• References: DNB, Supplement 3, 1901, 61; Who Was Who 1.
• Date of Election: 04/02/1895.
• Proposers: Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), John M'Laren (Lord M'cLaren),J P B Robertson (Lord Robertson),Peter Guthrie Tait.
• Resigned/Removed/Election Cancelled/Not Admitted: Resigned.
• Date of Resignation: Resigned 1898-9.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 509

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