not have joined his regiment there, as in 1716 he was appointed Governor of Carrickfergus, and military commander for Counties Down and Antrim. During the War of the Quadruple Alliance, the Spanish supported the 1719 Jacobite Rising, which was quickly crushed. In retaliation, a British naval expedition under Lord Cobham landed 6,000 troops in the Spanish port of Vigo in October; they held it for ten days, destroyed vast quantities of stores and equipment, then re-embarked unopposed. Kerr commanded part of the landing force, which appears to have been his last active service command. In this period, the position of 'Colonel' implied ownership, not necessarily command and many delegated their duties to a subordinate. Kerr became Colonel of Stanhope's, later the 13th Regiment of Foot in 1725, made Major-General in 1727 and Governor of Sheerness in 1729. In 1732, he transferred his Colonelcy to Philip Honywood's Dragoons, later 11th Hussars, promoted Lieutenant-General in 1735, then full General on 26 February 1743. When the 1745 Jacobite Rising began in August 1745, he was Governor, Berwick-upon-Tweed. He reportedly joked Sir John Cope, defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans in September, was the first general to bring news of his own defeat but this seems to have been a later invention by the author Sir Walter Scott. Kerr was appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle when government forces under General Handasyde retook the city on 14 November. He died in London in 1752. References 1676 births 1752 deaths Younger sons of marquesses British Army generals 11th Hussars officers 29th Regiment of Foot officers Somerset Light Infantry officers British Army personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession British military personnel of the War of the Quadruple Alliance