Clan Kerr

This article is about the Scottish clan. For people with the surname, see Kerr (surname).

Clan Kerr
Cearr, MacGhillechearr[1]
Crest: The sun in his splendour Or
MottoSero sed serio (Late but in earnest)[1]
SloganLate but in Earnest
Profile
DistrictScottish Borders
Plant badgeBog Myrtle
Chief
The Most Hon. Ralph Kerr
The 14th Marquess of Lothian[1]
SeatFerniehirst Castle[2]
Septs of Clan Kerr
Carr,[3] Cares,[4] Carre,[3] Cessford,[3] Ker[3]
Clan branches
Kerr of Ferniehurst (chiefs) (Marquess of Lothian)
Ker of Cessford (senior cadets) (Duke of Roxburghe)
Kerr of Linton
Ker of Kersland
Allied clans
Rival clans

Clan Kerr (/kɜːr/ ⓘ) is a Scottish clan whose origins lie in the Scottish Borders. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the prominent border reiver clans along the present-day Anglo-Scottish border and played an important role in the history of the Border country of Scotland.

  1. ^ a b c Clan Kerr Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ Coventry, Martin (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. pp. 305–308. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1.
  3. ^ a b c d Scots Kith & Kin. HarperCollins. 2014. p. 63. ISBN 9780007551798.
  4. ^ Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain. p. 52.