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KER, Robert 1st Earl of Ancram, Sir
(About 1578-1654)
MURRAY, Elizabeth
(About 1585-Before 1620)
KER, Robert 2nd Earl of Lothian
(About 1578-1624)
CAMPBELL, Annabella
(About 1595-)
KER, William 3rd Earl of Lothian and Lord Ker of Newbattle (Crown grant)
(About 1605-1675)
KER, Anne Countess of Lothian,
(About 1612-1667)
KER, Robert 4th Earl of Lothian, then Marquess of Lothian
(1636-1702)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. CAMPBELL, Jean

KER, Robert 4th Earl of Lothian, then Marquess of Lothian 2

  • Born: 8 March 1636, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland 2
  • Marriage (1): CAMPBELL, Jean 12 December 1659(contract) 1
  • Died: 15 February 1702(1703) 2

   Another name for Robert was KER, Robert Lord Ker of Newbattle.2

   User ID: C265.

  General Notes:

"Ker
Robert
27/8/1707
marquis of Lothian
Testament Testamentar and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/83"

from Wills and Testaments 3


Robert married Jean CAMPBELL, daughter of Archibald CAMPBELL 8th Earl, then Marquess of Argyll and Margaret DOUGLAS, 12 December 1659(contract).1 (Jean CAMPBELL was born about 1636 and died on 18 May 1700 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Robert Ker) married (contract dated January 1660-61) Jean, second daughter of Archibald, Marquess of Argyll, by Margaret, second daughter of William, ninth Earl of Morton. On 27 May 1661, the day of her father's execution, Lord Ker wrote a touching and most affectionate letter to his wife. He had been present at the last scene."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 2

Sources


1 e-books, Correspondence of Sir Robert Kerr, first Earl of Ancram, and his son William, third Earl of Lothian, in two volumes (1875).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

3 National Records of Scotland, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Legal records - Wills and testaments.

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