David Stewart Ker
David Stewart Ker (1816 – 8 October 1878) was an Irish landowner and politician.
He was a son of David Guardi Ker, MP for Athlone 1820-1826 and Downpatrick 1835-1841, and Selina Sarah, daughter of the first Marquess of Londonderry, and the elder brother of Richard Ker, Member of Parliament for Downpatrick, 1847-1851 and 1857-1859.
He was a member of the landed gentry, inheriting the estates at Montalto and Portavo, Ballynahinch[1] on his father's death in 1844.[2] He served as a magistrate, deputy lieutenant and High Sheriff of County Down for 1852 and High Sheriff of Antrim for 1857.
He was elected the Member of Parliament for Downpatrick, 1841-1847 and 1859-1867 and for County Down, 1852-1857.[3]
He married twice: firstly Anna Dorothea, the daughter of Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye with whom he had 12 children and secondly Caroline Persse from Galway (who ran off with his son Charley).
He was buried in Magheradrool Church of Ireland graveyard and succeeded by his eldest son, Alfred David Ker. After his death the estates passed to another son, Richard Ker.
References
- A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, Sir Bernard Burke (revised by A. C. Fox-Davies), Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 368
- Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1871, P 729
- HANSARD 1803–2005 → Mr David Ker
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Ker
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by David Guardi Ker |
Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1841 – 1847 |
Succeeded by Richard Ker |
| Preceded by Frederick Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor |
Member of Parliament for Down 1852 – 1857 With: Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor |
Succeeded by Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor William Brownlow Forde |
| Preceded by Richard Ker |
Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1859 – 1867 |
Succeeded by William Keown |