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b. 6 Aug. 1624, 2nd s. of Sir Robert Kerr†, 1st earl of Ancram [S], and Lady Anne Stanley, da. of William, 6th earl of Derby, wid. of Sir Henry Portman† of Orchard Portman, Som.; half-bro. of William Kerr†. educ. abroad, 1638-41.CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 466; Corresp. of Sir Robert Kerr, 1st earl of Ancram and his son, William, 3rd earl of Lothian ed. D. Laing (2 vols. Edinburgh, 1875), i. 107. m. c. May 1654, Frances, da. of Sir Henry Knollys of Grove Place, Nursling, Bucks. wid. of Sir Edward Manfield of Cliveden, Bucks. 1s. d.v.p. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Ancram, Dec. 1654. d. Sept. 1690.CP; Ancram Corresp. ed. Laing, i. pp. cx, cxv; Add. 38175, f. 31.
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Local: commr. sequestration, Surr. 18 Oct. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Mar. 1660 – Jan. 1680A. and O. J.p. Berks., Surr.; Bucks. Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660, Feb. 1665 – ?80; Beds., Essex, Hants, Kent, Lancs., Westminster ?-Jan. 1680.C231/7, p. 254; C231/8, p. 20; HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. assessment, Surr. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Lancs. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Berks., Bucks. 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 37. Kent and Surr. 28 Nov. 1664;C181/7, p. 291. loyal and indigent officers, Surr. 1662; subsidy, Berks., Bucks., Lancs., Surr. 1663.SR.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1666–85.N. Carlisle, An Inquiry into … the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber (1829), 177.

Scottish: PC, 27 July 1681.CSP Dom. 1680–1, p. 386.

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Commons 1640-1660
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KERR, Charles Lord (1624-90), of Kew, Surr.

Will
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Estates
inc. Portman lands in Somerset inherited from his father, and at least 80 acres and 35-hearth mansion at Kew, Surr. The latter sold or mortgaged, 1656-64.J. Cloake, Cottages and Common Fields of Richmond and Kew (Chichester, 2001), 91-2, 205-6, 301-2; Surr. Hearth Tax, 1664, 6. £500 royal pension inherited from his father, confirmed and doubled, July 1681.CSP Dom. 1680-1, pp. 367-8.
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