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Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lothian ( Fortescue;
3 April 1745 - 30 September 1780) was a noblewoman in the peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. She was a daughter of
Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lothian ( Fortescue;
3 April 1745 - 30 September 1780) was a noblewoman in the peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. She was a daughter of Chichester Fortescue (1718–1757)
Chichester Fortescue (5 June 1718 – 16 July 1757) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
He represented Trim in the Irish House of Commons between 1747 and 1757.
In 1743 he married The Hon. Elizabeth Colley Wesley, daughter of Richard Wesle ...
, High Sheriff of County Down
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in what is now Northern Ireland. Around 1769 she was painted
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by Joshua Reynolds
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.
On 15 July 1762, she married William John Kerr (1737-1815), who was then styled Lord Newbottle or Newbattle and Earl of Ancram. After the death of Kerr's father in 1775, he inherited the Marquisate of Lothian, making Elizabeth a marchioness by marriage. He and Elizabeth Kerr had nine children, the last of which was Lord Robert Kerr, born on 14 September 1780. She died in Marylebone 16 days later.
Styles
*1745–1762: Miss Elizabeth Fortescue *1762–1767: Elizabeth, Lady Newbattle *1767–1775: Elizabeth, Countess of Ancrum *1775–1780: Elizabeth, Marchioness of LothianReferences
Lothian
Lothian (; sco, Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; gd, Lodainn ) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Sco ...
Elizabeth
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