Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian
Victoria | |
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Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Preceded by | Arthur Balfour |
Succeeded by | George Trevelyan |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 December 1833 |
Died | 17 January 1900 London | (aged 66)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Lady Victoria Montagu Douglas Scott
(m. 1865) |
Children | 9 (see below) |
Parent(s) | Lady Cecil Kerr |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian,
Background and education
Lothian was the second son of
Diplomatic and political career
Lothian entered the Diplomatic Service and was an attaché at Lisbon and Tehran in 1854, Baghdad in 1855 and Athens from 1857, then second secretary at Frankfurt from 1862, Madrid from 1865, and Vienna from 1865.[2] In 1870, he succeeded to the marquessate on the death of his childless elder brother, William, and took his seat in the House of Lords.
In 1886, he was sworn of the
Apart from his political career, Lord Lothian was
He was Captain-General of the
Family
Lord Lothian married, in 1865, Lady Victoria Alexandrina (d.1938), daughter of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch. They had three sons and six daughters:
- Lady Cecil Kerr (14 February 1866 – 13 September 1919) married John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu de Beaulieu
- Walter William Schomberg Kerr, Earl of Ancram (29 March 1867 – June 1892)
- Lady Margaret Kerr (12 June 1868 – 2 September 1964)
- Lord Schomberg Kerr (4 August 1869 – 1877)
- Lady Mary Kerr (25 December 1870 – 31 December 1958), married Henry Kidd
- Lady Helen Kerr (9 December 1872 – 4 June 1968), married in 1902 her relative Major Frederic Walter Kerr (1867–1914), son of Admiral Lord Frederic Kerr (1818–1896), who was the youngest son of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
- Robert Schomberg Henry Kerr, 10th marquess of Lothian – (1874 – 1930)
- Lady Victoria Kerr (7 November 1876 – 23 May 1956) married William Sullivan Gosling
- Lady Isobel Alice Adelaide Kerr (25 September 1881 – 26 December 1975) married James Cospatrick Hepburne-Scott
The eldest son Walter Kerr, Earl of Ancram (1867–1892) died in a shooting accident in Australia in June 1892, unmarried, while his second son Lord Schomberg Kerr (1869–1877) died in childhood.
Lord Lothian died at his town residence in London on 17 January 1900, aged 66,[2] and was succeeded in the marquessate by his third and only surviving son, Robert. The Marchioness of Lothian later remarried and died in June 1938, aged 93.[1]
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