Noble. Born at Newbattle Abbey (Midlothian), Kerr was educated at Eton and Oxford. He succeeded his father to the Marquessate of Lothian in 1841. He inherited Blickling Hall (Norfolk) in 1850. Although he married his cousin Constance, the daughter of the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1857, Kerr died childless at his home in Clapham (London) in 1870. He was buried at Jedburgh Abbey. He was succeeded by his younger brother and a studentship in Modern History at the University of Oxford is still offered in his memory.
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