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William Kerr (British Army officer, died 1741)

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on 13 November 1715, where, according to contemporary accounts, he had three horses killed under him, was wounded in the thigh, and had his coat torn by a pistol bullet. The care and attention which he paid to the interests of his corps procured him the affection and esteem of the officers and
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He was ordered to Scotland to counter the Jacobite rebellion in September 1715 as colonel of his reformed regiment, renamed the Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Dragoons. At the
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Kerr died unmarried on 17 January 1741. At the time of his death he had commanded his
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on the interest of Lord Rothes and voted consistently with the Administration.
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in 1723 and held the post for the rest of his life. He did not stand at the
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Historical record of the Seventh, or, The Queen's Own Regiment of Hussars
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Kerr's military career prospered and he was promoted to the rank of
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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British army commanders in the War of the Spanish Succession
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William Kerr (died 1741)
British Army
Scottish
British House of Commons
Robert Ker, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe
John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
7th Hussars
Battle of Sheriffmuir
Roxburghshire
1708 general election
1710 general election
Member of Parliament
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1713 general election
King George I
groom of the bedchamber
Prince of Wales
1715 general election
Dysart Burghs
1722 general election
Aberdeen Burghs
Governor of Blackness Castle
1727 general election
brigadier-general
major-general
lieutenant-general
regiment
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe

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