John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe

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Scottish nobleman human peer of Great Britain peer of Scotland politician

John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the government around the time of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Duke of Roxburghe	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ peer of Great Britain ⓘ peer of Scotland ⓘ politician ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfActivity	British politics ⓘ Scottish politics ⓘ
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ
child	Robert Ker, 2nd Duke of Roxburghe NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
createdDukeIn	1707 ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 1680 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1741-02-27 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Ker NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Robert Ker, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	John NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Parliament of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Privy Council of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchServed	King George I NERFINISHED ⓘ King George II NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Anne NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Lady Margaret Hay NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	Ker family NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	Duke of Roxburghe NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Roxburghe NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Broxmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	role in the government around the time of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England ⓘ
notableWork	support for the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
participatedIn	negotiations leading to the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
politicalAlignment	pro-Union ⓘ
positionHeld	Privy Counsellor ⓘ Representative peer ⓘ Secretary of State for Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
residence	Floors Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Roxburghshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Lady Mary Savile NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretary of State of Scotland → positionHeldBy → John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe ⓘ

Floors Castle → owner → John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Roxburghe

Floors Castle → associatedTitle → John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Roxburghe