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Robert Kerr, of Ancram

Robert Kerr,
of Ancram and Woodheid.
See genealogics and wikitree.
His father was of Ferniehirst. His brother inherited.
Ancestor of Kerr of Ancrum (old spelling "Ancram"), Roxburghshire, Scotland.
He mar Isabel Home [descendant of Robert III, King of Scotland and of Henry I].
He died Feb 1588.
They had issue:

William Kerr,
of Ancram and Woodheid.
See genealogics and wikitree.
He mar Margaret Dundas [descendant of Robert II, King of Scotland and of Henry I].
He was assassinated in Edinburgh, Dec 1590, by his cousin Robert Ker, the future 1st Earl of Roxburghe.
William and Margaret had issue:

1. Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Ancram,
   born 1578.
   See wikipedia and wikitree and genealogics.
   He was cr Earl 1633.
   Ancestor of Marquess of Lothian.
   The family seat is still Ferniehirst (or Ferniehurst) Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.

   
   

2. Sir Thomas Kerr,
   of Redden.
   See his ancestors by Leo van de Pas.

Ferniehirst (or Ferniehurst) Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
Photo 2010. From Geograph.
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• Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, born 1945.
  Tory politician who for much of his life was "Michael Ancram", MP.