William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian
General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian,, styled Lord Newbattle until 1767 and Earl of Ancram from 1767 to 1775, was a British soldier and peer.
Early life
He was the son of William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Caroline D'Arcy.Career
He succeeded to the title in 1775. During the Regency Crisis of 1788, he supported the rights of the Prince of Wales to become Regent. When George III recovered in the following year, Lothian was dismissed from the colonelcy of the Life Guards in consequence.Personal life
He married Elizabeth Fortescue, daughter of Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken, County Louth, and Elizabeth, on 15 July 1762. They had nine children:- William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
- Lady Elizabeth Kerr, married John Dormer, 10th Baron Dormer, without issue
- Lady Caroline Sidney Kerr
- Lady Mary Kerr, married Gen. Hon. Frederick St John and had issue
- Lady Louisa Kerr, who married Arthur Atherley on 2 June 1793 and had issue
- Lady Harriet Kerr
- Lord Charles Beauchamp Kerr, married Elizabeth Crump and had issue
- Vice-Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr, married Charlotte Macdonnell, suo jure Countess of Antrim, and had issue
- Maj.-Gen. Lord Robert Kerr, married Mary Gilbert and had issue