Lord Jedburgh

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Lord Jedburgh is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

Award

The title was bestowed on February 2, 1622, to Sir Andrew Ker , of Ferniehurst , hereditary bailiff of Jedburgh Forest . The award was made with the special addition that, in the absence of his own descendants, the title could also be inherited by other male heirs of his Ker of Ferniehurst family . Since the 1st lord left six daughters but no sons, the claim to the title fell to his nephew on his death in 1633 and to his son on his death around 1650, but neither of them effectively claimed the title during their lifetime. Only after the childless death of the latter did his heir, his second uncle, reassert the title of 4th Lord. On July 11, 1670, he had a new award certificate issued for the title, which specified the special succession regulation to the extent that, in the absence of direct male descendants, the title was also given to his third-degree grand-nephew, the Hon.William Kerr, Master of Newbottle , and his male Descendants should fall. The latter inherited him in 1692 as 5th Lord. In 1703 he inherited the title of Marquess of Lothian along with subordinate titles from his father Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian . The Lordship Jedburgh has since been a subordinate title of the respective marquess.

List of Lords Jedburgh (1622)

Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the brother of the current title holder Lord Ralph Kerr (* 1957).

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