William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian

William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian

William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian KT (c. 1690–28 July 1767) was a Scottish nobleman.

He was the son of Sir William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian and Lady Jane Campbell. He married Margaret Nicolson, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicolson, 1st Baronet and Margaret Nicolson, on 7 December 1711. He subsequently married Jean Janet Kerr, daughter of Charles Kerr, Lord of Cramond and Janet Murray, on 1 October 1760.

He died in Lothian House, Canongate, Edinburgh.

He was created a Knight of the Thistle in 1734, was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1732 to 1738, and was Lord Clerk Register from 1739 to 1756. He was a Scottish representative peer from 1730 to 1761.


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