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Marquess Lothian

Marquess Lothian is in Marquess.

On 23rd June 1701 Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian (age 65) was created 1st Marquess Lothian.

On 15th February 1703 Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian (age 66) died. His son William (age 42) succeeded 2nd Marquess Lothian, 5th Earl Lothian, 3rd Earl Lothian. Jean Campbell Marchioness Lothian by marriage Marchioness Lothian.

On 28th February 1722 William Kerr 2nd Marquess Lothian (age 61) died. His son William (age 32) succeeded 3rd Marquess Lothian, 6th Earl Lothian, 4th Earl Lothian.

On 28th July 1767 William Kerr 3rd Marquess Lothian (age 77) died. His son William (age 57) succeeded 4th Marquess Lothian, 7th Earl Lothian, 5th Earl Lothian. Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian by marriage Marchioness Lothian.

On 12th April 1775 William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian (age 65) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son William (age 38) succeeded 5th Marquess Lothian, 8th Earl Lothian, 6th Earl Lothian. Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian (age 30) by marriage Marchioness Lothian.

On 4th January 1815 William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 77) died. His son William (age 51) succeeded 6th Marquess Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian, 7th Earl Lothian. Harriet Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Lothian.

On 27th April 1824 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 60) died at Richmond, Surrey [Map]. His son John (age 30) succeeded 7th Marquess Lothian, 10th Earl Lothian, 8th Earl Lothian.

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On 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian (age 47) died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. His son William (age 9) succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes.

In 1870 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian (age 38) died without issue. His brother Schomberg (age 36) succeeded 9th Marquess Lothian. Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 25) by marriage Marchioness Lothian. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] sculpted by George Frederick Watts (age 52) in 1878.

William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian: In 1832 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. On 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. His son William succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes. On 12th August 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian and Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were first cousins.

Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian: On 2nd December 1833 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. In 1865 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian and Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian were married. She the daughter of Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were sixth cousins. On 17th January 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian died. His daughter Robert succeeded 10th Marchioness Lothian, 12th Countess Lothian, 10th Countess Lothian.

Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian: On 20th November 1844 she was born to Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. On 19th June 1938 Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian died.

On 17th January 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian (age 66) died. His daughter Robert succeeded 10th Marchioness Lothian, 12th Countess Lothian, 10th Countess Lothian.

On 16th March 1930 Robert Schomberg Henry Kerr 10th Marchioness Lothian died. Her first cousin Philip (age 47) succeeded 11th Marquess Lothian. Her first cousin once removed Peter (age 7) succeeded 12th Marquess Lothian, 13th Earl Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian.

On 7th June 1975 Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr 13th Marquess Lothian (age 29) and Theresa Jane Fitzalan Marchioness Lothian (age 29) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Bernard Fitzalan 16th Duke of Norfolk and Lavinia Mary Strutt Duchess Norfolk (age 59). He the son of Peter Francis Walter Kerr 12th Marquess Lothian (age 52).

On 11th October 2004 Peter Francis Walter Kerr 12th Marquess Lothian (age 82) died. His son Michael (age 59) succeeded 13th Marquess Lothian, 14th Earl Lothian, 12th Earl Lothian.