CARR (KERR), William.

EITHERof ?Whitehall, Westminster. illegit. nephew of Sir Robert Carr, 1st earl of Somerset.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 559; Letters of Jas. I ed. G.P.V. Akrigg, 336. m. by 1623, Frances, 1da. CSP Dom. 1623-5, p. 1; D. Lysons, Environs of London, iii. 298 n. 63. d. aft. 26 Apr. 1631. E407/125.Groom of the bedchamber, 1614-at least 1625. LC5/50, p. 116; LC2/6, f. 37v.ORof Ancrum, Roxburghs. b. c. 1605, 1st s. of Sir Robert Kerr (Carr)*, 1st earl of Ancram and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Murray of Blackbarony. Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian ed. D. Laing, i. pp. xlv, cxv. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1621; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Switzerland), 1624-5. Al. Cant.; Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian, i. pp. xlv-vii. m. 9 Dec. 1630, Anne (d. 26 Mar. 1667), da. of Sir Robert Kerr, 2nd earl of Lothian, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 9da. (3 d.v.p.). Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian, i. pp. cvi-vii, cxvi, cxxix. Kntd. 6 Mar. 1627; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 191. cr. 3rd earl of Lothian 31 Oct. 1631; suc. fa. (not as earl of Ancram) 1654. CP sub Ancram. d. Oct. 1675. Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian, i. p. cx.?Capt. ft., Île de Ré expedition 1627, La Rochelle expedition 1628, Netherlands 1629; Ibid. pp. 44-5, 47-50; CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 164; Scots Brigade in Holland ed. J. Ferguson (Scot. Hist. Soc. xxxii) i. 400. officer, 1st and 2nd Bps.’ Wars 1639-40; Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian, i. pp. lviii, lxi. gov. Newcastle 1640-1; Ibid. pp. lxi-ii. lt.-gen. Scottish forces in Ire. 1642-at least 1645. Reg. PC Scot. 1638-43, p. 221; Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian, i. p. lxxiii.Commr. highway repairs [S] 1633, prevention of plague 1637-8, subscription to Covenant 1638; Reg. PC Scot. 1633-5, p. 14; 1635-7, p. 431; 1638-43, pp. 1, 76. j.p. Edinburgh 1634. Reg. PC Scot. 1633-5, pp. 378, 424.Commr. Treasury [S] 1641; PC [S] from 1641; Reg. PC Scot. 1638-43, pp. xxii, 143. commr. privileges of Scots in France 1643; commr. [S] negotiations with Charles I 1647, Charles II 1650; Ibid. 346; Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian, i. pp. lxvii, lxxvi, lxxxviii. sec. of state [S] 1649-51; commr. Union 1670. Corresp. of Earls of Ancram and Lothian, i. p. lxxxiv; ii. 434; CSP Dom. 1670, p. 390.