KERR, William Henry, Earl of Ancram (c.1710-75).

Ancram was wounded at Fontenoy, commanded the cavalry on the left wing at Culloden, and became a member of the Duke of Cumberland’s personal staff. On learning that Sir Conyers Darcy had been adopted as a candidate for Yorkshire, Henry Pelham observed that this gave ‘great satisfaction at court, as it would be a means of bringing in Lord Ancram for Richmond’.To Hartington, July 1747, Devonshire mss. Ancram was duly returned for Richmond in succession to Darcy by his brother-in-law, the 4th Earl of Holderness. In Parliament he followed the lead of the Duke of Cumberland. He died 12 Apr. 1775.