Robert Ker, 2nd Duke of Roxburghe ( – 20 August 1755) was a Scottish peer.
Ker was the only son of the
1st Duke of Roxburghe and Lady Mary Finch, daughter of
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC (2 July 16471 January 1730) was an English Tory politician and peer who supported the Hanoverian Succession in 1714. Known as Lord Nottingham until 1729, then as Lord Winchilsea. ...
, by his first wife
Lady Essex Rich. On 24 May 1722 he was created
Earl Ker, of Wakefield in the County of York, and
Baron Ker, of Wakefield in the County of York (both in the
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself repla ...
).
On 16 June 1739 he married his half-cousin Essex Mostyn, daughter of
Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet (31 July 1673 – 5 May 1739), of Mostyn Hall, Holywell, Flintshire, was a Welsh Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 25 years from 1701 to 1735.
Early life
Mostyn was born on 31 ...
, and Essex Finch, daughter of above-mentioned Earl of Nottingham by his 2nd wife Hon. Anne Hatton. They had five children:
# Lord John Ker, later
3rd Duke of Roxburghe
# Lady Essex Ker (born 9 Mar 1742 – died an infant)
# Lady Essex Ker (born 25 Mar 1744), a bridesmaid at
Queen Charlotte
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818. The Acts of Un ...
's wedding 1761, died unmarried
# Lady Mary Ker (born 17 Mar 1746), died unmarried
# Lt. Col. Lord Robert Ker (27 Aug 1747 – 20 Mar 1781)
Robert Ker inherited his father's title in 1741 and died in 1755. He was succeeded by his eldest son John.
Ancestry
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1700s births
1755 deaths
Nobility from the Scottish Borders
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