Friday 9 January 2015

731 James Innes-Ker aka Marquess of Bowmont



Constituency : Roxburghshire  1870-4

James  took  over  at  Roxburghshire  when  Sir  William  Scott  stood  down.

James  was  the  son  and  heir  of  the  Duke  of  Roxburghe.

In  1874  he  married  a  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Marlborough. He  was  defeated  by  the  Tories  in  1874.

James  succeeded  his  father  in  1879.

He  died  in  1892  aged  53.

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