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Sir Robert Kerr 1565 – 1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565

Birth Location: Eckford, Roxburghshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 18 Jan 1649

Death Location: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Kerr

Mother: Lady Douglas

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Sir Robert Kerr 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of Scotland was born in 1565 in Eckford, Roxburghshire, , Scotland, the child of Sir William Kerr and Lady Janet Douglas. Sir Robert Kerr 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of Scotland passed away in 1649 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Kerr 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of Scotland was born in 1565 in Eckford, Roxburghshire, , Scotland, the child of Sir William Kerr and Lady Janet Douglas.
  • Sir Robert Kerr 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of Scotland passed away in 1649 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Sir Kerr's Ancestors

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Sir Kerr
1565 – 1649
Birth Place: Eckford, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
Parents
Sir William Kerr
1543 – 1600
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Douglas
1549 – 1611
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James) Douglas
1507 – 1575
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Christian Montgomerie
1506 – 1575
Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas,
1481 – 1513
Elizabeth Gordon
1485 – 1512
John Montgomery,
1483 – 1520
Lady Edmonstone
1485 – 1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Douglas,
1430 – 1484
Lady Crichton
1432 – 1539
Sir Montgomery,
1460 – 1546
Helen Campbell,
1460 – 1528
Archibald Edmonstone,
1452 – 1502
Johanna Sauchie
1450 – 1490

Sir Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1565
1565
Birth of Sir Robert Kerr 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of Scotland in Eckford, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
Eckford, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
1649
18 Jan 1649
Age 84
Death of Sir Robert Kerr 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of Scotland in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Eckford, Roxburghshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Jan 1649
    Event Place: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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