Anne Kerr, Countess of Lothian (died 1667) was a Scottish aristocrat and landowner.
She was the daughter of Robert Kerr, 2nd Earl of Lothian (d. 1624) and Annabella Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll (d. 1652).
On the death of her father by suicide she became Countess of Lothian in her own right. Her property seems to have been managed by the courtier Sir Robert Kerr of Ancram, and she later married his son. [1]
She married William Kerr of Ancram (d. 1675) in 1630 or early in 1631. He was the son of Robert Kerr of Ancram, later Earl of Ancram (1578–1654) and Elizabeth Murray, daughter of John Murray of Blackbarony, After the marriage, William Kerr became known as the Earl of Lothian by special grant in 1631. [2]
Sir William Kerr of Blackhope claimed the title of Earl of Lothian as nearest male heir, despite the charter granting it to Anne Kerr. His claim was denied by the Privy Council of England in March 1632. [3]
The monogram of Anne Kerr and William Kerr with the date 1666 can be seen at Newbattle Abbey. [4]
She died on 16 March 1667.
Her children included:
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, Baron Kerr of Monteviot,, commonly known as Michael Ancram, is a Scottish politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly styled Earl of Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004.
Marquess of Lothian is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, which was created in 1701 for Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian. The Marquess of Lothian holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, Earl of Ancram (1633), Earl of Ancram, Viscount of Briene (1701), Lord Newbattle (1591), Lord Jedburgh (1622), Lord Kerr of Newbattle (1631), Lord Kerr of Nisbet, Langnewtoun, and Dolphinstoun (1633), Lord Kerr of Newbattle, 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 The Lord 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. The holder of the marquessate is also the Chief of Clan Kerr.
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