Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian

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Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO (8 September 1922–11 October 2004) was a British peer, politician and landowner. He married Antonella Newland, daughter of Major General Sir Foster Newland, on 30 April 1943 and Lord and Lady Lothian had six children: two sons and four daughters. Lord Lothian served as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chairman of the Prince's Council for the Duchy of Cornwall for which he was appointed KCVO in 1983. His elder son, the Conservative politician Michael Ancram, succeeded to the Marquessate on his death, while his second, third and fourth daughters married the XXVII Chief of the Clan Cameron and the Heirs Apparent to the Duke of Grafton and the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry respectively. Owing to changes in the composition of the House of Lords to exclude hereditary peers, the current Lord Lothian is able to continue his career in the House of Commons.

Preceded by:
The Earl Waldegrave		 Lord Warden of the Stannaries
1977–1983		 Succeeded by:
Nicholas Henderson
Preceded by:
Philip Kerr		 Marquess of Lothian
1940–2004		 Succeeded by:
Michael Kerr
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