LOTHIAN. 149 Marquessate [R.] V. Earldom [S.] VIII. 5 and 6. William John (Kerr), Mar- quess of Lothian*, Earl ok Lothian, Earl of 1 775 Ancram, &c. [S.]. only a. and h., 4. 13 March 1737 ; entered the army, 175-1, becoming finally, 1790, full General, and being Col. of the 1st Horse Guards (afterwards, 1738, Life Guards), 1777-89, and Col. of the 11th Dragoons, 1798 ; styled Eari. of Ancram from 1767 until he sue. to the Marquessate, itc. [S.], 12 April 1775 ; K.T,. 11 Oct. 1776 ; Rep. Peer [S.], 1778, 1780, and 1781-90. He m..iu Ireland, 9 June 1763, Elizabeth, da. of Chichester Fortescue, of Dromiskeu, co. Louth, by Elizabeth, da. of Richard (Wellesley, formerly Collbv), 1st Baron Morninoton [I.] She, who was 4. 3 April 1745, d. 30 Sep. 1780, in Portland Place, Maryleboue, aged 35. He d. 4 Jan. 1815, aged 77. Will pr. 1815. Marquessate [S.] ~ 6 and 7. William (Kerr), Marquess yj of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, Earl of Ancram. ! jgi ij &c. [S.], s. and h., 4. 4 Oct. 1763; styled Earl of Earldom [S.] f ' Ancram, 1775 — 1815: was an officer in the army Tv and was, as Col. of the Midlothian Cavalry, active in
- »•■ J suppressing the Irish rebellion of 1798 ; sue. to the
Marquessate, &c. [S.], 4 Jan. 1815 ; Lord Lieut, of Midlothian and Roxburghshire; K.T., 26 April 1820; was ci: a Peer [U.K.], 17 April 1821, (>) as BARON KKR OF KERSHEUGH, co. Roxburgh. He m. firstly, 14 April 1793, at St. Marylebone, Henrietta, the divorced (1793) wife of the 1st Earl of Belmore [I.], 1st da. and coheir of John (Hobart), 2d Earl ok Buckinghamshire, by his first wife, Mary Anne, da. and coheir of Sir Thomas Duury, Bart. She, who was 4. 7 April 1762, d. in New Norfolk street, Grosvenor square, 14 July, and was bur. 13 Aug. 1805, at Newbottle Abbey, aged 43. He m. secondly, 1 Dec. 1806, at Dalkeith House, Harriet, 4th and yst. da. of Henry (Scott), 3d Duke of Buccleuch [S.], by Elizabeth, only da. and h. of George (Montagu, formerly Brudenell), 1st Duke of Montagu, and 4th Earl of Cardigan, He ci. 27 April 1824, aged 60. Adinon. July 1824. His widow, who was b. 1 Dec. 1780, d. 18, and was bur. 26 April 1S33, aged 52, at Petersham, Surrey. Will pr. May 1833. Marquessate [8.] VII. Eavldom [S.] X. 7 and S. John William Robert (Kerr), Marquess of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, Earl of i g24 Ancram, &c. IS.], also Baron Ker of Kersheugh, s. and h., by first wife, 4. 1 Feb. 1794 ; styled Earl of Ancram, 1815-24 ; M.P. for Huntingdon, 1820-24 ; sue. to the peerage, 27 April 1824 ; Capt. of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Lord Lieut, of Roxburghshire and Col. of the Edinburgh Militia. He IB,, 19 July 1831, Cecil Chetwyud, da. of Charles (Talbot), 2d Earl Talbot, by Frances Thomasine, da. of Charles Lambart. He d. 14 Nov. 1841, aged 47, at Blickliug House, Norfolk. Will pr. Jan. 1842. His widow, who was 4. 17 April 1S08, at Iugestre Hall, co. Stafford, d. 13 May 1877, at the Hotel de Rome, in Rome. Marquessate [S.] VIII. Earldom [S.] XI. $ and 9, William Scomberg Robert (Kerr), Marquess of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, lgll Earl of Ancram, &e. [S.], also Baron Ker of ' Kersheugh, s. and h., 4. 12 Aug. 1832, at New- bottle Abbey ; Btyled Earl of Ancram till he sue. to the peerage, 14 Nov. 1841 ; ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; 1st Class in Classics, 1853 ; B.A. and first Class in Jurisprudence and Mod. History, 1854. He m., 12 Aug. 1857, at Ingestre, co. Stafford, Constance Harriet Mahouese, 2d da. of his maternal uncle t > (*) Thin, was one of the " Coronation " peerages of George IV. for a list of which see vol. ii, p. 351, note " d," sub " Couyngham."
