was appointed to the Intelligence and Security Committee, replacing James Arbuthnot. Later years as an MP Ancram was a founding signatory in 2005 of the Henry Jackson Society principles, advocating a proactive approach to the spread of liberal democracy across the world, including when necessary by military intervention. On 21 April 2006 he became one of the first senior Conservative MPs to call for British troops to withdraw from Iraq, saying it was effectively in a state of civil war and that "It is time now for us to get out of Iraq with dignity and honour while we still can." In 2006, Ancram set up Global Strategy Forum, a bi-partisan foreign affairs think tank based in London. From 2008 to 2013, Ancram was chair of foreign policy forum Le Cercle. Ancram is a founder member of the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation, established in October 2009. On 11 August 2009, Ancram announced that he was to stand down as the MP for Devizes at the 2010 general election due to heart problems. He retired when Parliament was dissolved on 12 April 2010; his successor as Conservative member for the Devizes constituency was Claire Perry. Personal life Ancram married Lady Jane Fitzalan-Howard, the fourth daughter of The 16th Duke of Norfolk, who on 7 April 2017 succeeded as the 16th Lady Herries of Terregles. They are both prominent Roman Catholics. She is a Patron of the Right to Life Trust and also a patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball. The couple have three daughters and two grandchildren: Sarah Margaret Kerr (13 June 1976 – 13 June 1976) Lady Clare Therese Kerr (25 January 1979) married to The Right Honourable Nick Hurd, son of former Cabinet Minister, Douglas, Lord Hurd of Westwell, in August 2010. Lady Clare is the heiress presumptive to her mother’s title. They have two children: Leila Rose Hurd (17 May 2012) Caspar Jamie Hurd (30 September 2014) Lady Mary Kerr (28 May 1981). She married Zackary Adler on 28 May 2016. Ancram's younger sister, Lady Cecil Cameron OBE, married Clan Chieftain, Donald Cameron of Lochiel. Another sister, the former Lady Clare Kerr, is now Dowager Countess of Euston and mother of the 12th Duke of Grafton. Ancram is a keen country music fan and has often played acoustic guitar at Conservative Party conferences. He is a knight of Order of