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Encyclopedia > Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian (18821940) was a British politician and diplomat. The title of Marquess of Lothian was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 for the 4th Earl of Lothian. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


He served in the South African government from 190510 after which he returned to England to found and edit the Round Table. In 1916, he was appointed David Lloyd George's private secretary and was active in the Paris Peace Conference. 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January 17, 1863 – March 26, 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, negotiated the treaties ending World War I. The Paris Peace Conference, 1946, negotiated the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, with Germanys [[World War II allies and co-belligerents in Europe. ...


Lord Lothian was best known in the United States for having aided Washington Post owner Eugene Meyer scoop the world on reporting Britain's King Edward VIII's relationship with Wallis Simpson, eventually leading to Edward's abdication of the crown. ... Eugene Isaac Meyer (October 31, 1875 – July 17, 1959) was an American financial, public official, and newspaper publisher. ... King Edward VIII King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, King of Ireland Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VIII, (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David), later His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor (23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was the second British monarch of the House... Bessiewallis Warfield (June 19, 1896–April 24, 1986), better known as Wallis Simpson and later as The Duchess of Windsor, was a mistress, and later wife, of the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. ...


He briefly served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1931 and later as British Ambassador to the United States of America from 1939 to 1940. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The British Ambassador is in charge of Britains diplomatic mission to the USA. His official title is, Her Majestys Ambassador to the United States of America. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Lord Lothian bequeathed Blickling Hall to the National Trust. Blickling Hall is a stately home in Norfolk, England, in the village of Blickling north of Aylsham, and in the care of the National Trust, Once in the possession of the Boleyn family, and home to Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and his wife, Elizabeth between 1499 and 1505. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...


His grandson is the Conservative politician Michael Ancram, who is now the 13th Marquess. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Michael Ancram The Most Honourable Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC, QC, MP (born 7 July 1945), known as Michael Ancram, is a British Conservative Party politician. ... (Redirected from 13th) 13 (Thirteen) is the natural number following 12 and preceding 14. ... A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe China and Japan. ...



Preceded by:
The Lord Ponsonby
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1931
Succeeded by:
JCC Davidson
Preceded by:
Sir Ronald Lindsay
British Ambassador to the United States
1939–1940
Succeeded by:
The Viscount Halifax



The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... John Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson (1889-1970) was a British Conservative politician best known for his close alliance with Stanley Baldwin. ... The British Ambassador is in charge of Britains diplomatic mission to the USA. His official title is, Her Majestys Ambassador to the United States of America. ... Cover of Time Magazine April 12, 1926 Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as Lord Irwin from 1926 until 1934, (1881-1959) was a British Conservative politician. ...

Preceded by:
Robert Schomberg Kerr
Marquess of Lothian
Succeeded by:
Peter Francis Walter Kerr


The title of Marquess of Lothian was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 for the 4th Earl of Lothian. ... Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO (8 September 1922–11 October 2004) was a British peer, politician and landowner. ...



 

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