Family
In 1873 Kerr married Lady Amabel Cowper, the youngest daughter of George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper; they had four sons and two daughters:
- Ralph Francis (1874-1932), priest;
- Andrew William (1877-1929), married Marie Constance Kerr (a descendant of the 5th Marquess of Lothian) (1889-1929), had issue, including Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian;
- Mary Catherine (1878-1957), nun;
- Margaret Mary (1880-1943), unmarried;
- John David (1883-1954), married Annabel Mary Ward (d. 1974), no issue;
- Philip Walter (1886-1941) married Dorothy Lucy Cave (a descendant of the 6th Marquess of Lothian)
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