Origin of the CARR Name
The name has several versions including Kerr, Ker and Carr. It is said to
be two Norman brothers, John and Ralph Ker, who settled in Roxburgh in the
Scottish Borders in the 14th-century.
The two branches of the family, the Kers of Ferniehurst, descendants of
the elder brother Ralph, and the Kers of Cessford, ended up feuding with
each other. Their two castles were six miles apart just off the English
border. Finally, the two sides joined together in marriage. The Marquesses
of Lothian are descendants from the marriage of Anne Kerr of Cessford to
William Kerr of Ferniehurst in 1631, after which the Earldom of Lothian was
created.
The title of Lord Roxburghe came from the Cessford line of Kerrs which
was later inherited by the Innes clan of which the Duke is now the chief.
The chief of the clan, the 12th Marquess of Lothian, still
lives in Roxburghshire at Monteviot, near Ancrum.
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