William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian & 5th Earl of Ancrum & 6th Earl of Ancrium

General William John Kerr

5th Marquess Lothian,
6th Earl of Lothian,
5th Earl of Ancram,
7th Earl of Ancrame,
5th Viscount of Briene,
5th Lord Ker of Newbottle & Oxnam & Jedburgh & Dolphinstoun & Nisbet,
6th Lord Ker of Newbattle,
7th Lord Kerr of Nisbet & Langnewtoun & Dolphinstoun,
8th Lord Jedburgh,
Knight of the Order of the Thistle,
Major-General (1777),
Colonel of the 1st Horse Guard (1777-89),
Lieutenant-General (1782),
General (1796),
Colonel of the 11th Dragoons between (1798-1813,
Colonel of the 2nd Dragoons between (1813-15),
Representative Peer of Scotland (1778-1790).

Born on 13 March 1737.
He was the son of General William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Caroline Darcy.
He married Elizabeth Fortescue, daughter of Chichester Fortescue and Hon. Elizabeth Wesley, on 15 July 1762 at Ireland.
He died on 4 January 1815 at age 77.

He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He succeeded as the 7th Lord Kerr of Nisbet, Langnewtoun and Dolphinstoun [S., 1633] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 8th Lord Jedburgh [S., 1622] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 5th Marquess of Lothian [S., 1701] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Ancrame [S., 1633] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 5th Viscount of Briene [S., 1701] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Ancram [S., 1701] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 5th Lord Ker of Newbottle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet [S., 1701] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Lothian [S., 1631] on 12 April 1775.1 He succeeded as the 6th Lord Ker of Newbattle [S., 1631] on 12 April 1775.1 He was appointed Knight, Order of the Thistle (K.T.) in 1776.1 He gained the rank of Major-General in 1777.1 He was Colonel of the 1st Horse Guards between 1777 and 1789.1 He was appointed Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1778 and 1790.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1782.1 He gained the rank of General in 1796.1 He was Colonel of the 11th Dragoons between 1798 and 1813.1 He was Colonel of the 2nd Dragoons between 1813 and 1815.1
Children of General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian and Elizabeth Fortescue

   Lady Mary Kerr+2 d. 6 Feb 1791

   William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian+2 b. 4 Oct 1763, d. 27 Apr 1824

   Lady Elizabeth Kerr2 b. 2 Sep 1765, d. 13 Aug 1822

   Lady Louise Kerr+3 b. 30 Nov 1768

   Lord Charles Beauchamp Kerr+1 b. 19 Jul 1775, d. 2 Mar 1816

   Vice-Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr+4 b. 12 Nov 1776, d. 9 Sep 1840

   Lt.-Col. Lord Robert Kerr+1 b. 14 Sep 1780, d. 23 Jun 1843

Citations

   [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2402. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

   [S37] BP2003. [S37]

   [S3508] S. Thomson, "email: Kirwan Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 January 2009 - 12 February 2010. Hereinafter cited as "email: Kirwan Family."

   [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 178. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

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