TEVIOT, Rt Hon 2nd Baron 1934-2023

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 20 Oct 2023: TEVIOT The Lord, Charles John Kerr. Passed away peacefully on Sunday 15th October 2023, surrounded by his family. Husband of Mary, father of Charlie and Catherine. A much loved and missed husband, father, stepfather, grandfather, and step-grandfather. A Funeral Service will take place at St John the Baptist Church, Clayton on Wednesday 25th October at 2 p.m. and followed by a reception locally to which all are welcome. No flowers please, but donations if desired, may be made […] by cheque payable to Great Ormond Street Hospital sent c/o P & S Gallagher, Fraser House, 20 Sussex Road, Haywards Heath…

He was s of the 1^st Baron TEVIOT 1874-1968 and Florence Angela 1904-79 d of Lt-Col Charles Walter VILLIERS 1873-1938 (2xgt gs of 1^st Earl of CLARENDON 1709-86 and Lady Charlotte CAPELL 1721-90 d of 3^rd Earl of ESSEX 1697-1743 and gd of 4^th Earl of CLARENDON 1672-1753 who was gs of 1^st Earl of CLARENDON 1609-74 the father of Queen ANNE 1638-71 1^st wife of King JAMES VII & II) and Lady Kathleen Mary COLE 1873-1956 d of 4^th Earl of ENNISKILLEN 1845-1924. He m 1965 Patricia Mary d of Alexander HARRIS, and had a son and a dau. His son succeeds him:

CHARLES ROBERT Kerr 3^rd (and possibly final) Baron has yet to establish his claim. He was b 19 Sept 1971. He m 1^st 2000 Yamaleth Molina GUILLEN and had two daus. He m 2^nd 2012 Fiona Catherine d of David Bryn PARRY-JONES b March 1956 of Haverfordwest, Pembroke, and Sarah Elizabeth Mary _, and had a further dau.

DAUGHTERS LIVING & DECEASED (by 1^st m)

Isabella Valentina b 2001 & d 2006

Hon Arianna Sophie b 2003 reg Q2 London

(By 2^nd m)

Hon Florence Elfie b 2013 reg Q4 Monmouthshire

[marquess]

R.I.P one of the few hereditary peers I have met. Back in September 88 there was a special function at the Banqueting Hall to celebrate the so called Glorious Revolution, David Williamson who was in attendance introduced me to him.

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It's worth mentioning that he was a dynast of the Marquesses of Lothian, being descended from the 6th Marquess in the male line.

[BREMENMURRAY]

According to the Times Obit he worked as a bus conductor

[Richard R]

Obit in the Times of 28 Oct 2023:

E X T R A C T

Lord Teviot obituary

First (and probably last) Old Etonian hereditary peer to have earned a living as a bus conductor

When Charles Kerr went to visit his school’s careers adviser and said he wanted to be a bus conductor and/or driver, eyebrows shot up. His academic record may have been less than distinguished, but the school was Eton and his father was Lord Teviot DSO, MC, scion of the Marquesses of Lothian and chairman of the Liberal Party.

A cold and aloof figure who was 60 by the time his son was born, Lord Teviot made no attempt to disguise his disappointment in his son’s career choice. Undeterred, when he left school Kerr presented himself at Brighton’s labour exchange. His unmistakably aristocratic bearing set him apart from the other unemployed men and dissuaded most potential employers from having anything to do with him. It was only after his Catholic landlady secretly appealed to the better nature of one of her fellow parishioners, the manager of the Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Co Ltd, that he was able to secure his first job as conductor number 40399…

… One — his “clippie” Mary Harris, whom he met after he was promoted to bus driver — he fell in love with and married in 1965. There were just six guests at the ceremony at Hove Register Office. Lady Teviot was there, but his father, then 91, was said to be “too unwell” to attend. They had two children, Charlie and Catherine. The Hon Charles Kerr now succeeds to the peerage. Charles John Kerr was born in 1934, to Charles and Florence (née Villiers), better known as Lord and Lady Teviot…

… After six and a half years on the buses, it seemed to Kerr as good a time as any to try something new and he accepted a job as a bacon hand at Sainsbury’s in Hove. It was while he was working there that his father died at the age of 93 and he became, in January 1968, the new Lord Teviot. “It’s Lord Charlie of Sainsbury’s”, the Brighton Evening Argus declared.

No fortune came with the title, and, seeing that there was more money to be made by going to the Lords every day, he resigned from his job at the shop. At first he chose not to mention details of his early employment in his Who’s Who entry, but, in later life, he conceded that they were probably his happiest days and the insight that they gave him into the conditions of ordinary working men unquestionably gave him a perspective that was rare in the Lords. He spoke about his life as a bus driver for his maiden speech during the debates on the Transport Bill…

… A keen genealogist, the 2nd Lord Teviot was a fellow of the Society of Genealogists and was a director of Debrett’s Peerage Ltd and a member of the Advisory Council on Public Records. In later life, he observed breezily: “Maybe my life would have been easier if I hadn’t been destined for a peerage, but I have no regrets. It all seems to have turned out for the best.”

Lord Teviot, second baron of Burghclere, was born on December 16, 1934. He died on October 15, 2023, aged 88

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-teviot-obituary-m0m677kmz

[colinp]

From the House of Lords Minutes of proceedings 14 Dec 2023:

Barony of Teviot in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Lord Chancellor reported that Charles Robert Kerr had established his claim to the Barony of Teviot in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Clerk of the Parliaments was accordingly directed to enter Lord Teviot on the register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 9(4)