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
Motto
Sero sed serio (Late but in earnest)[1]
Slogan
Late but in Earnest
Profile
District
Scottish Borders
Plant badge
Bog Myrtle
Chief
The Most Hon. Michael Kerr
The 13th Marquess of Lothian[1]
Seat
Ferniehirst 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
Clan Leslie
Rival clans
Clan Scott Clan Heron
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.
^ abcClan Kerr Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^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.
^ abcdScots Kith & Kin. HarperCollins. 2014. p. 63. ISBN 9780007551798.
^Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain. p. 52.
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