Clan Kerr

Clan Kerr
Clan Kerr
Cearr, MacGhillechearr
	Crest: The sun in his splendour Or
Motto	Sero sed serio (Late but in earnest)
Slogan	Late but in Earnest
Profile
District	Scottish Borders
Plant badge	Bog Myrtle
Chief
	The Most Hon. Michael Kerr
	The 13th Marquess of Lothian
Seat	Ferniehirst Castle
Septs of Clan Kerr
	Carr, Cares, Carre, Cessford, Ker
Clan branches
	Kerr of Ferniehurst (chiefs) (Marquess of Lothian); Ker of Cessford (senior cadets) (Duke of Roxburghe); Kerr of Linton; Ker of Kersland
Allied clans
	Clan Leslie
Rival clans
	Clan Scott; Clan Heron

Clan Kerr (/kɜːr/ ^ⓘ) is a Scottish clan whose origins lie in the Scottish Borders. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the prominent border reiver clans along the present-day Anglo-Scottish border and played an important role in the history of the Border country of Scotland.

^ ^a ^b ^c Clan Kerr Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^ Coventry, Martin (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. pp. 305–308. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Scots Kith & Kin. HarperCollins. 2014. p. 63. ISBN 9780007551798.
^ Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain. p. 52.