John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe ( c 1680 - 1741 )

Birth: c 1680 Death: Floors, Roxburghshire (24 February 1741) Burial: Bowden, Roxburghshire Career: Travelled to Holland with his tutor Patrick Cockburn (1696) and to Italy (1702); Secretary of State for Scotland (1704-1705); Privy Councillor (1709); one of the Lords Justice Regents of the Realm (1716, 1720, 1723, 1725); deprived of his offices and went to live in retirement (1725); one of the pall-bearers at the funeral of Sir Isaac Newton (FRS 1672) (1727) Honours: Duke of Roxburghe, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessfurd, Earl of Kelso, Viscount Broxmouth and Lord Ker 1707; KG 1722 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 28/05/1707.