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Through the Innes family, he was a descendant of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and in 1812 established his claim to the vacant Dukedom of Roxburghe.The fight for the succession of the title encompassed seven years of constant litigation; according to one biography, "seldom have the lawyers met with a richer harvest.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Ker and Innes-Ker family tree: ... 9th Duke of Roxburghe, Marquess of Bowmont ...
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe (1740–1804), elder son of the 2nd Duke inheriting the 1722 titles, died without issue William Bellenden-Ker, 4th Duke of Roxburghe (1728–1805), grandson of Lord Bellenden of Broughton (created 1661) who was the fourth and youngest son of the 2nd Earl, died without issue and the Roxburghe titles went dormant ...
Upon his death, the Lordship of Bellenden of Broughton became extinct, [9] and the succession to the Dukedom of Roxburghe was contested (the Roxburghe cause) [10] until a decision by the House of Lords in 1812 when the Roxburghe and subsidiary titles passed to a distant cousin, James Innes-Ker, who became the 5th Duke of Roxburghe.
Innes-Ker was the only surviving child of the 5th Duke of Roxburghe and the former Harriet Charlewood (c. 1778 –1855). Before his parents' marriage in 1807, his father was widowed from his marriage to Mary Wray, eldest daughter of Sir John Wray, 12th Baronet .
A portrait of Lord Roxburghe Ker's sons John and Robert. Robert Ker, 2nd Duke of Roxburghe (c. 1709 – 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, by his first wife Lady Essex Rich.
Floors Castle. Henry John Innes-Ker was born on 24 July 1876. He was the son of James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe (1839–1892) and Lady Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill (1854–1923), the fourth daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, who served in Conservative governments as Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and his wife, Lady ...
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe; Robert Ker, 2nd Duke of Roxburghe; John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe; William Bellenden-Ker, 4th Duke of Roxburghe; James Innes-Ker, 5th Duke of Roxburghe; James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe; James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe; Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe; George Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe