John Ker, third duke of Roxburghe

(1740-1804)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740-1804 DNB: Ker, John, third duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804), book collector LBT ID: DuRoxbu3 VIAF ID: 16180570 LOC ID: n84193763	B/BAP: 1740-04-23 DIED: 1804-03-19
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The son of the second duke whom he succeeded in 1755; he was a notable book collector gathered the Roxburghe Ballads. The Roxburghe Club, formed in 1812, was named for him.
REFERENCES TO John Ker, third duke of Roxburghe: Walter Scott to Robert Southey, 15 December 1807 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1800-02 Found 1: ¶ 26 Chapter XI 1802-03 Found 1: ¶ 25 Chapter IV 1806-08 Chapter II 1820-21 Found 1: ¶ 15 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 2: Childhood Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 6 Ch. 8: My Own Life Found 1: ¶ n2