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The title of Marquess of Lothian was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 for the 4th Earl of Lothian. The current Marquess of Lothian is the 13th, better known as the Conservative politician Michael Ancram.Lord Lothian holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Lothian (created 1606), Earl of Lothian (created again 1631), Earl of Ancram (1633), Viscount of Briene (1701), Lord Newbottle (1591), Lord Jedburgh (1622), Lord Kerr of Nisbet, Lougnewtoun, and Dolphinstoun (1633), Lord Ker of Newbottle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet (1701), and Baron Ker, of Kersheugh in the County of Roxburgh (1821), all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland. As Baron Ker in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, previous Marquesses sat in the House of Lords before 1963, when Scottish peers first sat in the House of Lords in their own right.
1 Earls of Lothian ( 1606)
- Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian ( 1553- 1609)
- Robert Kerr, 2nd Earl of Lothian (d. 1624)
- William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian ( 1605- 1675)1
- Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian, 3rd Earl of Ancram ( 1636- 1703) (became Marquess of Lothian in 1703)
2 Marquesses of Lothian ( 1701)
- Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian ( 1636- 1703)
- William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian ( 1661Events January 6 The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. George Monck's regiment defeats them February 5 The Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China dies and is succeeded by his son the Kangxi Emperor. February 14 Ge- 1722Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivre's theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persia's Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. July 25)
- William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian ( 1690Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere. January 6 Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans January 14 The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany May 20 England passes Act of Grace- 1767Events The Burmese invasion reaches the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, razing it. North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky in defiance of a decree from King George III. He discovers a rich hunting ground, conte)
- William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian ( 1713Events April 11 War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War ( 1700- 1- 1775Events February 9 American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion March 23 American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech " give me liberty or give me death" in Williamsburg, Virginia. April 14 American Re)
- William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian ( 1737- 1815)
- William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian ( 1763- 1824)
- John William Robert Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian ( 1794- 1841)
- William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th Marquess of Lothian ( 1832- 1870)
- Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian ( 1833- 1900)
- Robert Schomberg Kerr, 10th Marquess of Lothian ( 1874- 1930)
- Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian ( 1882- 1940)
- Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian ( 1922- 2004)
- Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian (better known as Michael Ancram) (born 1945)
1The 3rd Earl married the daughter of the 2nd Earl, and was created Earl in his own right in 1631.
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