William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737–1815) (
Joshua Reynolds, late 1750s)
General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian, KT (13 March 1737 – 4 January 1815) was a British soldier and peer, styled Lord Newbattle until 1767 and Earl of Ancrum from 1767 to 1775. He was buried at St Andrew's parish Church, Farnham, Surrey on 19 January 1815.
He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken, County Louth, and Elizabeth (née Wesley), on 15 July 1762. They had nine children.[citation needed]