William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
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William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian KT
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 (4 October 1763 – 27 April 1824) was the son of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian
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He married, firstly, Lady Harriet Hobart-Hampden, a younger daughter of 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
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 (and the divorced wife of the 1st Earl Belmore
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), on 14 April 1793. They had four children:
  • John William Robert Earl of Ancram
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     (1794–1841)
  • Lord Schomberg Robert (1795–1825), soldier, died unmarried.
  • Lady Isabella Emily Caroline (1797–1858), died unmarried.
  • Lord Henry Francis Charles (1800–1882), religious minister, married Louisa Hope, a daughter of Sir Alexander Hope.


His first wife died in 1805 and on 1 December 1806, he married Lady Harriet Scott, a younger daughter of the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
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. They had eight children:
  • Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr (died 1871), married the 19th Baron Clinton
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  • Lady Harriet Louise Anne (died 1884), married Sir John Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Baronet.
  • Lady Frances (died 1863), married George Wade.
  • Lady Anne Katherine (died 1829), died unmarried.
  • Lady Georgiana Augusta (died 1859), married Rev. Granville Forbes.
  • Lord Charles Lennox (1814–1898), soldier, married Charlotte Hanmer, a daughter of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet
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  • Lord Mark Ralph George (1817–1900), soldier, died unmarried.
  • Lord Frederick Herbert (1818–1896), admiral, married Emily Maitland, a daughter of Sir Peregrine Maitland
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