Richard William Blackwood Ker

British politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1850
Death19 June 1942 (aged 92 years)
Family
Mother:Anna Dorothea Blackwood
Father:David Stewart Ker
Spouse:Edith Rose
The details

Biography

Richard William Blackwood Ker (1850 – 19 June 1942) was an Irish landowner and MP.

He was the son of David Stewart Ker and his wife, Anna Dorothea Blackwood. He was a captain in the 1st Royal Dragoons. He inherited his father's estates of Montalto, Ballynahinch and Portavo on the death of his elder brother, David Alfred Ker.

He was appointed Sheriff of County Down for 1880-81 and was the Member of Parliament for County Down, 1884–1885 and for East Down, 1885–1890. He has been described as 'a substantial landowner from Ballynahinch.'

He married Edith Louisa, the daughter of William Rose of Warwickshire and had at least one son, who was an officer in the army.

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