Family and Education
b. bef. 1682, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Kerr, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe [S], by Lady Margaret, da. of John Hay, 1st Mq. of Tweeddale [S]. educ. travelled abroad (Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria) 1704–5. unm. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vii. 349–50.
Offices Held
Col. Drag. 1709–d. [Princess of Wales’s R. Drag. from 1715, later 7 Hussars]; groom of bedchamber 1714–27; gov. Blackness Castle 1723–d.; brig.-gen. 1727; maj.-gen. 1735; lt.-gen. 1739.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
KERR, Hon. William (bef. 1682-1741)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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