Walter William Schomberg Kerr (1867-1892)

Biography
As heir to his father, he was known as the Earl of Ancram.

Obituary
WIDESPREAD sympathy and heartfelt sorrow have been expressed on all sides at the sad death of the late Earl of Ancram, who was accidentally shot dead whilst out shooting at Bibbenluke Station, near Bombala, on June 17. William Walter Schomberg Kerr was the eldest son of the Marquis of Lothian, and was born in 1867. He was educated at Eton, and subsequently at New College, Oxford, where he had as a close friend and companion Mr. Goschen, the Private Secretary to Lord Jersey. Lord Ancram was a captain in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Scots' Lothian Regiment, and, at the time of the accident, was A.D.C. to His Excellency the Governor. He was only twenty-five years of age, being thus cut off in the early prime of his life, which was full of bright promise. The late young earl was an especial favourite with Lord and Lady Jersey, and with all his associates on the staff. In Sydney society he was ever a welcome guest, having gained the esteem of all his friends by his quiet, unostentatious manner, and his kind thoughtfulness for others. His remains were brought to Sydney and conveyed on the Monday morning to the mortuary at Victoria Barracks, which had been specially prepared for the occasion, and rested there until Wednesday afternoon, when they were interred at the Waverley Cemetery with military honours. Many of Lord Ancram's personal friends visited the mortuary, and with loving and sorrowful hands laid floral tributes upon the coffin, which was shrouded with the Union Jack. Lady Jersey, with Mr. Goschen and Lord and Lady Charles Scott, visited it on Monday afternoon. His Excellency the Governor returned with all speed from his tour through the western district via Adelaide and Melbourne, on Wednesday at noon, and the funeral took place at half-past two o'clock the same afternoon.

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