David Stewart Ker

David Stewart Ker
David Stewart Ker
Member of Parliament for Downpatrick
	In office; 1841-1847; 1859-1867
Member of Parliament for Down
	In office; 1852-1857
Personal details
Born	November 1816
Died	8 October 1878 (aged 61)
Spouse(s)	Anna Dorothea; Caroline Persse
Children	13, including Richard
Parent	David Guardi Ker (father);
Relatives	Richard Ker (brother); Robert Stewart (grandfather); Robert Stewart (uncle); John Waring Maxwell (uncle)

David Stewart Ker (November 1816 – 8 October 1878) was an Irish landowner and politician.

Biography

He was a son of David Guardi Ker, MP for Athlone 1820–1826 and Downpatrick 1835–1841, and Selina Sarah, daughter of the first Marquess of Londonderry, and the elder brother of Richard Ker, Member of Parliament for Downpatrick, 1847-1851 and 1857–1859.

He was a member of the landed gentry, inheriting the estates at Montalto and Portavo, Ballynahinch^[1] on his father's death in 1844.^[2] He served as a magistrate, deputy lieutenant and High Sheriff of County Down for 1852 and High Sheriff of Antrim for 1857.

He was elected the Member of Parliament for Downpatrick, 1841–1847 and 1859-1867 and for County Down, 1852–1857.^[3]

Personal life

He married twice: firstly Anna Dorothea, the daughter of Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye with whom he had 12 children and secondly Caroline Persse from Galway (who ran off with his son Charley).^{[citation needed]}

He was buried in Magheradrool Church of Ireland graveyard and succeeded by his eldest son, Alfred David Ker. After his death the estates passed to another son, Richard Ker.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, Sir Bernard Burke (revised by A. C. Fox-Davies), Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 368
^ Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1871, P 729
^ HANSARD 1803–2005 → Mr David Ker

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Ker

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David Guardi Ker	Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1841 – 1847	Succeeded by Richard Ker
Preceded by Frederick Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor	Member of Parliament for Down 1852 – 1857 With: Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor	Succeeded by Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor William Brownlow Forde
Preceded by Richard Ker	Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1859–1867	Succeeded by William Keown

[1] A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, Sir Bernard Burke (revised by A. C. Fox-Davies), Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 368

[2] Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1871, P 729

[3] HANSARD 1803–2005 → Mr David Ker

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