Theresa Jane Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian, 16th Lady Herries of Terregles (''née'' Fitzalan-Howard; born 24 January 1945) is a British aristocrat and philanthropist. Wife of the 13th Marquess of Lothian, in 2017, she inherited the Scottish title

Lady Herries of Terregles Lord Herries of Terregles (pronounced "''Heh''-reez of Ter-regulls'") is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1490 for Herbert Herries, 1st Lord Herries of Terregles, Herbert Herries with remainder to his heirs general. ...

from her sister,

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, thus making her and her husband one of few couples who each hold a hereditary peerage in their own right.

Life

Born Lady Jane Fitzalan-Howard on 24 January 1945, she is the youngest of four daughters of

Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (30 May 1908 – 31 January 1975), styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was a British peer and politician. He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of ...

and The Hon. Lavinia Strutt. She is a member of the ancient Fitzalan-Howard family, one of the most prominent noble families and most high-profile

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families in England. She grew up at the Fitzalan-Howard's family seat,

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, in

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. Her elder sisters were:

Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles Anne Elizabeth Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles, Baroness Cowdrey of Tonbridge (''née'' Fitzalan-Howard; 12 June 1938 – 23 November 2014) was a British racehorse trainer and peeress. Early life and family Born Lady Anne Fitzalan-Howard ...

Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles Mary Katharine Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles (''née'' Fitzalan-Howard; 14 August 1940 – 7 April 2017) was a Peerage of Scotland, Scottish peeress and the second of the four daughters of the Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Nor ...

, and

Lady Sarah Clutton Lady Sarah Margaret Clutton (née Fitzalan-Howard; 23 September 1941 – 14 June 2015) was a British aristocrat and philanthropist. Life Born Lady Sarah Fitzalan-Howard on 23 September 1941, she was the third of four daughters of Bernard Fitzalan ...

. On 7 June 1975, Lady Jane married Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram, a

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and son and heir of the 12th Marquess of Lothian. Her husband succeeded to his father's peerages in 2004. They reside at

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. Lord and Lady Lothian have three daughters and two grandchildren: * Lady Sarah Margaret Kerr (13 June 1976 – 13 June 1976) * Lady Clare Therese Kerr (born 25 January 1979); married

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in 2010, had issue: ** Leila Rose Hurd (born 17 May 2012) ** Caspar Jamie Hurd (born 30 September 2014) * Lady Mary Cecil Kerr (born 28 May 1981); married Zackary Adler on 28 May 2016 In 2017, on the death of her elder sister, she inherited the ancient Scottish peerage, the Lordship of Herries of Terregles, which her father had inherited from his mother, Gwendolen, Duchess of Norfolk (and 12th Lady Herries of Terregles). Her eldest surviving daughter, Lady Clare, is her heiress presumptive. Lady Lothian is a patron of the Right to Life Trust and a patroness of the

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