A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kerr, Henry Ashburton
KERR. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Henry Ashburton Kerr, born in 1821, is third son of the late Lord Robt. Kerr, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, by Mary, daughter of the Rev. Edm. Gilbert, of Windsor House, Cornwall; and grandson of William John, fifth Marquess of Lothian, His eldest brother, Wm. Walter Raleigh, is Assistant Auditor-General at the Mauritius; and his youngest, Robt. Dundas, is an officer in the R.E. The Lieutenant (whose first-cousin, Lord Fred. Herbert Kerr, is a Commander in the Navy) is brother-in-law of Lieut-General Sir Wm. Maynard Gomm, K.C.B., and of Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Henry Cornwall, of the Coldstream Guards.
This officer passed his examination 26 May, 1841; and from the early part of 1842 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Dec. 1844 was employed in the Pacific as Mate of the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet. He has been serving since 16 Aug. 1845 in the President 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape of Good Hope.