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Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford 1510–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 27 Aug 1586

Death Location: St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Lord GGF

Mother: Crichton, Wauchope

Spouse(s): Lady Ferniehirst

Children(s): Margaretha Kerr

Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford was born in 1510 in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Sir Knight Andrew Kerr Ker Carr 7Th Laird Of Cessford Lord Of Ferniehurst 15Th Ggf And Crichton Robert M Brair Agnes Wauchope. Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford married Lady Isabelle Kerr Baroness Ferniehirst, and had children including Margaretha Kerr. Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford passed away in 1586 in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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  • Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford was born in 1510 in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Sir Knight Andrew Kerr Ker Carr 7Th Laird Of Cessford Lord Of Ferniehurst 15Th Ggf And Crichton Robert M Brair Agnes Wauchope.
  • Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford married Lady Isabelle Kerr Baroness Ferniehirst, and had children including Margaretha Kerr.
  • Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford passed away in 1586 in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Lord Cessford's Ancestors

Self
Lord Cessford
1510–1586
Birth Place: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Sir Knight Andrew Kerr Ker (Carr), 7th Laird of Cessford, Lord of Ferniehurst 15th GGF
1482–1526
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Crichton, (Robert M'Brair, Agnes) Wauchope
1488–1543
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Sir (Andrew Kerr of) Cessford
1485–1526
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Crichton
1490–1543
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Kerr
1500–1583
Patrick Cranston-Ridell
1450–1510
Ellen Shaw
1458–1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Kerr
1460–1501
Agnes Chrichton
1445–1508

Lord Cessford's Descendants

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Lord (Walter Kerr, Lord of) Cessford (1510–27 Aug 1586) m. Lady (Isabelle Kerr Baroness) Ferniehirst (1515–1 May 1585)
  1. 1. Margaretha Kerr 1540– m. Alexander (Canmore Lord) Home 1530–1575
    1. 1. Margaret Keith 1565–1598 m. George Keith 1553–1623
      1. 1. Lady (Anne Agnes Keith Dunottar, Countess of) Morton 1586–1648 m. Willem ((William) Douglas (8th Earl of Morton)) I 1582–1648
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Morton Douglas) Campbell 1610–1678 m. Sir (Archibald Duncan Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of) Argyll 1607–1661
        2. 2. Isabel Graham 1630–1672
        3. 3. Mary Seton 1607–1659
        4. 4. Robert Douglas 1616–1649
        5. 5. Jean Home 1632–1694

Lord Cessford's Timeline

3 Records

1510
1510
Birth of Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1556
1556
Age 46
Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford was married in Gloucestershire, England
Gloucestershire, England
1586
27 Aug 1586
Age 76
Death of Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1556
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1586
    Event Place: St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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