John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe
The Marquess of Annandale | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 30 April 1680 |
Died | 27 February 1741 | (aged 60)
Spouse |
Lady Mary Finch
(m. 1707; died 1718) |
Parent(s) | Robert Ker, 4th Earl of Roxburghe (brother) (grandfather)John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale |
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John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe,
– 27 February 1741) was a Scottish nobleman.Early life
Ker was born on 30 April 1680. He was the second son of
John became 5th
Career
In 1704, he was made a
The duke was a Scottish representative peer in four parliaments. George I made him a privy councillor and Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, and he was loyal to the king during the Jacobite rising in 1715. He served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the British Parliament from 1716 to 1725, but he opposed the malt tax, and in 1725 Sir Robert Walpole procured his dismissal from office.[3]
In April 1727, he was one of the six pall-bearers of
Personal life
On 1 January 1707/8, Roxburghe was married to widow Lady Mary Savile (née Finch). Lady Mary was the only child of
Together, John and Mary were the parents of:[6]
- Robert Ker (c. 1709–1755), who married his half-cousin Essex Mostyn, eldest daughter of Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet and Lady Essex Finch (half sister of Lady Mary).[6]
The Duchess of Roxburghe died on 19 September 1718 and the Duke died on 27 February 1741.[9] He was buried first in his family vault beneath Bowden Kirk. Later his remains were relocated to the Roxburghe Aisle attached to Kelso Abbey. Upon his death, his only son, who had been created Earl Ker of Wakefield in 1722, became 2nd duke.[6]
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References
- ^ Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
- ^ "KERR, Hon. William (bef.1682-1741)". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Roxburghe, Earls and Dukes of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 789. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows". Archived from the original on 22 January 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2006.
- ^ Notice in London Gazette, 4 April, No. 6569
- ^ a b c d "Roxburghe, Duke of (S, 1707)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Lady Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork (1699–1758)". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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- ^ John M. Simpson, 'Ker, John, first duke of Roxburghe (c. 1680–1741)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005.