William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian

The above picture is of William John as a Cornet of the 11th Dragoons aged just 17 in 1754. He wears the red coat with silver lace and small buff coloured tab on the collar. His crimson officer's sash is worn over the left shoulder.
Born 1737
Cornet 11th Dragoons 26.6.1754
Lieutenant 6.11.1755
Captain 5th Dragoons 21.11.1757
Captain 11th Dragoons (Light Troop) August 1758
Major 1759
Lieutenant-Colonel 12th Dragoons 1.12.1760
Lieutenant-Colonel 4th Horse (7DG) 28.8.1766
Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards 28.6.1771
Colonel in the Army 25.5.1772
Major-General 29.8.1777
Captain and Colonel of 1st Troop of Horse Guards 12.12.1777
Lieutenant-General 10.11/1782
Colonel of 1st Life Guards 25.6.1788
General 14.6.1796
Colonel of 11th Light Dragoons 23.10.1798 - 26.1.1813
Colonel of Scots Greys 27.1.1813
Died at Farnham 4.1.1815 aged 78

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