Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian

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Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian KT PC (2 December 1833–17 January 1900) was a British diplomat and politician.

Educated at New College, Oxford, he was attaché at Lisbon and Tehran in 1854, Baghdad in 1855 and Athens from 1857, then second secretary at Frankfurt from 1862 and Madrid from 1865 and Vienna from 1865.

He succeeded as Marquess of Lothian and fourth Baron Ker of Kersheugh in 1870. He was Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1874 to 1900. He was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1886 and was Secretary for Scotland in Lord Salisbury's administration from 1886 to 1892. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1878.

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Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Dalhousie	Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland 1874–1900	Succeeded by Earl of Leven
Preceded by Arthur Balfour	Secretary for Scotland 1887–1892	Succeeded by George Otto Trevelyan
Academic offices
Preceded by Earl of Iddesleigh	Rector of the University of Edinburgh 1887–1890	Succeeded by George Goschen
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by William Kerr	Marquess of Lothian 1870–1900	Succeeded by Robert Kerr