Who married William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian?
Elizabeth Fortescue married William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian on . William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian was 25 years old on the wedding day (25 years, 4 months and 2 days). Elizabeth Fortescue was 17 years old on the wedding day (17 years, 3 months and 1 days). The age gap was 8 years, 1 months and 1 days.
William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian: Marriage Status Timeline
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William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian
General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian, (13 March 1737 – 4 January 1815), styled Lord Newbattle until 1767 and Earl of Ancram from 1767 to 1775, was a British soldier and peer.
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Elizabeth Fortescue
Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lothian (née 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), High Sheriff of County Down in what is now Northern Ireland. Around 1769 she was painted by Joshua Reynolds.
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.
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