Mark KERR 1st Earl of Lothian ¹⁶⁹¹

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  Death Notes:

His wife Margaret Maxwell was accused of causing his death through witchcraft. She died at Prestongrange House on 8 January 1617.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He resided at Newbattle Abbey in 1587 in Newbattle, , Midlothian, Scotland.
Newbattle Abbey became a secular lordship for the last commendator, Mark Kerr (Ker) in 1587.

2. Title of Nobility: 1st Earl of Lothian, in 1606, in , , Midlothian, Scotland.

Mark married Countess Margaret MAXWELL. (Countess Margaret MAXWELL was born on 8 January 1557 in Galloway, , Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland,¹⁸⁰⁶ died on 8 January 1617 in Prestonpans, , East Lothian, Scotland ¹⁸⁰⁶ and was buried in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ¹⁸⁰⁶.)