Submitted by admin on
Family and Education
b. c. 1578, Aged c.75 in 1653: Kerr Corresp. ii. 379. 1st s. of William Kerr of Ancram and Margaret, da. of Archibald Dundas of Fingask, Perths. Ibid. i. p. cxv. educ. ?G. Inn 1622. GI Admiss. m. (1) by 1607, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Murray of Blackbarony, 1s.; Kerr Corresp. i. pp. viii, cxv, cxvi. (2) by 27 Oct. 1621, CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 303. Lady Anne (bur. 15 Feb. 1657) Regs. Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. Regs. x), 149., da. of William Stanley, 6th earl of Derby and wid. of Sir Henry Portman* (d. 24 Feb. 1621) of Orchard Portman, Som., 2s. 5da. Kerr Corresp. i. pp. xxvii, cxv, cxxix; Collinson, Som. iii. 275; Sales of Wards ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), 47-51. suc. fa. 1590; Kntd. betw.1604-7; Kerr Corresp. i. pp. vi, viii. cr. earl of Ancram [S] 24 June 1633. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, 1620-33, p. 736. d. Dec. 1654. Kerr Corresp. i. p. xxv. sig. Rob[ert] Karr.
Offices Held

Provost, Jedburgh, Roxburgh by 1603; capt., king’s guard on Scottish Borders 1611–13; Reg. PC Scot. 1599–1604, p. 541; 1610–13, p. 245; 1613–16, p. 176. freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1622; Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 76. commr. archery grounds, London 1632. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 252.

Gent. of privy chamber, Prince Henry’s Household by 1610, Govt. of Roy. Household (Soc. Antiq., 1790), p. 324. gent. of bedchamber to Prince Charles 1613 – 25, as king 1625-at least 1643, T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, i. 252; Northants RO, FH3775. kpr. privy purse to Prince Charles by 1616 – 25, as king 1625–39; SC6 Jas.I/1680; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 100. member, Prince Charles’s Council [S] 1619 – at least24, PC [S] from 1631. Reg. PC Scot. 1619–22, p. 65; 1622–5, p. 558; 1630–2, p. 248.

Commr. inquiry, purveyance abuses, Eng. 1634, CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 47 eccles. causes [S] 1634, Kerr Corresp. i. p. xix. inquiry, erection of cottages and usury, Eng. 1638. CSP Dom. 1637–8, pp. 602–3.

Parlimentarian
KERR (CARR), Sir Robert (c.1578-1654), of Ancram, Roxburgh; Whitehall Palace and Kew, Surr.
Main residences: Whitehall Palace, Ancram, RoxburghsCorresp. of Sir Robert Kerr ed. D. Laing, i. p. x; HMC Cowper, ii. 240; R.C. Bald, John Donne, 511.; Whitehall Palace, Kew, Surr.; Kew, Surr.
Carr
Author
P.M.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

KERR (CARR), Sir Robert (c.1578-1654)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image