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3 unusual facts about Mark Kerr


Clan Kerr

Newbattle Abbey or Newbattle Castle near Edinburgh became a secular lordship for the last commendator, Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian (Ker) in 1587.

Mark Kerr

Lord Mark Kerr (governor) (1676–1752), British general and military governor, Governor of Sheerness and Governor of Edinburgh Castle

Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian (1553–1609), Scottish nobleman and politician


The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr

The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr is a documentary directed by John Hyams about the mixed martial arts career and personal life of Mark Kerr.


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Clan Kerr

At the Battle of Culloden in 1746 Lord Mark Kerr's younger brother, Lord Robert Kerr, who was captain of the grenadiers in Barrel's regiment, received the first charging Cameron on the point of his Spontoon, but then a second cut him through the head to chin.

Estate houses in Scotland

These include the ceiling at Prestongrange, undertaken in 1581 for Mark Kerr, Commendator of Newbattle and the long gallery at Pinkie House, painted for Alexander Seaton, Earl of Dunfermline in 1621.