Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, KT CH PC DL , known as Philip Kerr until 1930, was a British politician, diplomat and newspaper editor. He was private secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George between 1916 and 1921. After succeeding a cousin in the marquessate in 1930, he held minor office from 1931 to 1932 in the National Government headed by Ramsay MacDonald. From 1939 until his death in December 1940 he was Ambassador to the United States.

Kerr was born in London, UK, the eldest son of MajorGeneral Lord Ralph Kerr, third son of John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian. His mother was Lady Anne FitzalanHoward, daughter of Henry FitzalanHoward, 14th Duke of Norfolk, by the Honourable Augusta Mary Mina Catherine Lyons, daughter of ViceAdmiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons. He was a nephew of Edmund FitzAlanHoward, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, and a greatnephew of Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons. He was educated at The Oratory School, Birmingham, Cardinal Newmans foundation, from 1892 to 1900 and New College, Oxford. Kerr took a First in Modern History in 1904 and in the same year tried unsuccessfully for an All Souls fellowship.

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