Ancestors of
Robert Carl, Earl of Somerset
(6 generations)
 

       1. Robert Carr 
            Earl of Somerset 
            Born circa 1587 
            Died 17 July 1645 London 

        2. Sir Thomas Kerr, of Ferniehurst 
            Died 30 March 1586 
            Married 1569 
        3. Janet Scott 

        4. Sir John Kerr, of Ferniehurst 
            Died 1562 
        5. Catherine Kerr 
        6. Sir William Scott, of Kirkurd 
            younger of Buccleuch 
            Married before  June 1544 
        7. Grizel Beaton, of Creich 
            Died January 1569 

        8. Sir Andrew Kerr, of Ferniehurst 
            Warden of the middle marches 
            Died after 4 October 1545 
            Married before 6 November 1501 
        9. Janet Home 
       10. Sir Andrew Ker, of Cessford 
            Born after 1484 
            Died 18 July 1526 Melrose (slain) 
            Married before 20 February 1510 
       11. Agnes Crichton, of Cranstoun-Reddell 
       12. Sir Walter Scott, of Buccleuch 
            Died 4 October 1552 
            Married before 4 September 1523 
       13. Elizabeth Carmichael of that Ilk 
            Died before 1530 
       14. John Beaton, 2nd of Creich 
       15. Janet Hay 

       16. Thomas Kerr, of Smailholm 
            Died before 24 June 1484 
       17. Margaret Ker 
       18. Sir Patrick Home, of Polwarth 
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       20. Sir Robert Ker, of Cessford 
            Died before 6 November 1500 
            Married 12 February 1484 * 
       21. Christian Rutherfurd 
       22. Patrick Crichton, of Cranstoun-Reddell 
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       24. Walter Scott, of Buccleuch 
            Died before 15 April 1504 
       25. Elizabeth Kerr, of Cessford 
            Died 19 October 1548 
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       28. Sir David Beaton, 1st of Creich 
       29. Janet Duddingston 
       30. James Hay 
            Provost of Dundee 
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       32. Andrew Kerr, of Auldtounburn 
            Died 3 July 1483 
       33. NN Douglas, of Cavers 
       34. Sir Thomas Ker, of Ferniehurst 
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       40. Walter Kerr, of Cessford 
            Died 25 November 1501 
       41. Isabel Hay, of Yester 
            or Agnes Crichton 
       42. James Rutherfurd, of That Ilk 
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       48. David Scott, of Branxholm 
             and Buccleuch 
            Died before 21 May 1488 
            Married 1472 
       49. Lady Dane Douglas 
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       56. John Beaton, 5th of Balfour 
       57. Margaret Boswell 
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       64. Andrew Kerr, of Auldtounburn 
            Died 1444 
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       66. William Douglas, of Cavers 
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       96. David Scott, of Branxholm 
            Lord of Buccleuch 
            Died March 1492 
       97. NN 
       98. George Douglas 
            4th Earl of Angus 
            Died 14 November 1462 / 12 march 1463 Lochleven Castle 
            Married before 1446 
       99. Isobel Sibbald, of Balgony 
            Died circa  February 1503 
      100. = 32       101. = 33 
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      112. John Beaton, 4th of Balfour 
      113. Catherine Stirling 
      114. David Boswell, 2nd of Balmuto 
            Died 1493 
            Married circa 1480 
      115. Lady Mary Sinclair 
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                                     Source Listing 
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             The Royal House of Stuart 
             London, 1969,1971,1976. 
                                      by A. C. Addington 

             Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic 
             History of the Peerage,Baronetage 
             and Knightage, London 

             The Complete Peerage 1936 
                by H.A.Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden 

             The Lineage and Ancestry of 
             H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales 
             Edinburgh, 1977. 
                                         by Gerald Paget 

             Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic 
             History of the Peerage, Baronetage 
             and Knightage, London, 1938