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Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO (8 September1922–11 October2004) was a Britishpeer, politician and landowner. He married Antonella Newland on 30 April1943 and Lord and Lady Lothian had six children: two sons and four daughters. His elder son, the Conservative politician the Earl of Ancram (known commonly as Michael Ancram), succeeded to the Marquessate on his death, while his third and fourth daughters married the Heirs Apparent to the Duke of Grafton and the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry respectively.
The title Marquess of Lothian was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 for the 4th Earl of Lothian.
The current Marquess of Lothian is the 13th, better known as the Conservativepolitician Michael Ancram.
The 2nd Marquess succeeded his cousin as Lord Jedburgh before succeeding to the Marquessate, and the 6th Marquess was created Baron Ker, of Kersheugh in the County of Roxburgh, in 1821, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12thMarquess of Lothian, KCVO (8 September 1922–11 October 2004) was a British peer, politician and landowner.
Lord Lothian served as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chairman of the Prince's Council for the Duchy of Cornwall for which he was appointed KCVO in 1983.
His elder son, the Conservativepolitician Michael Ancram, succeeded to the Marquessate on his death, while his second, third and fourth daughters married the XXVII Chief of the Clan Cameron and the Heirs Apparent to the Duke of Grafton and the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry respectively.
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