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Dates 1740-5, c.1752
Location Guernsey, London
Vocation Army officer
Place of Birth Newbattle House, Edinburghshire
Marriage
Issue
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), v, 478

Fourth son of Robert Ker, first Marquess of Lothian. Lieutenant-colonel of the 15th Regiment. Given command of 29th Regiment (1712), 13th Regiment (1725) and 11th Dragoons (1732). Appointed Governor of Guernsey (1740). Became governor of Edinburgh Castle (1745). Died in London, unmarried, in London and is buried in Kensington (1752)