William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian
William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian,
Early life
He was the son of William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian and Lady Jean Campbell.[1]
Career
Although his title of
He succeeded to the Marquessate of Lothian in 1722 and was elected a representative peer in 1731, sitting in the
Personal life
On 7 December 1711, he married Margaret Nicolson, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicolson, 1st Baronet, of Glenbervie, and his wife, Margaret (née Nicolson) Hamilton Nicolson.[2] His wife's mother was previously married to James Hamilton of Ballincrieff, with whom she had Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff.[2] They had three children:[1]
- William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian(1710–1775)
- Lord Robert Kerr (d. 1746), who was killed at the Battle of Culloden.[3]
- Lady Jane Kerr, who died young.
Lady Margaret died on 30 September 1759 at Newbattle Abbey and was buried there. William Kerr subsequently married his cousin, Jean Janet Kerr, daughter of Lord Charles Kerr of Cramond and Janet Murray, on 1 October 1760, by whom he had no issue.[1]
Death
Lothian died at Lothian House, Canongate, Edinburgh in 1767, and was buried at Newbattle Abbey. His second wife died at Lothian House twenty years later, on 26 December 1787.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Paul, Sir James Balfour (1908). The Scots Peerage: Innermeath-Mar. D. Douglas. p. 480.
- ^ a b Stevenson, J. H.; Hallen, The Rev. A. W. Cornelius (1889). Northern Notes & Queries: or The Scottish Antiquary, Vol. III. Edinburgh: W. Green and Sons. p. 54.
- ^ The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Vol. II 1744–1753 (1840 pub. Richard Bentley), page 136 & footnote, Letter to Sir Horace Mann, 1 August 1746: ..the Marquis of Lothian in weepers for his son who fell at Culloden... Footnote: William Ker, third Marquis of Lothian. Lord Robert Ker, who was killed at Culloden, was his second son. – D.