David Stewart Ker (November 1816 – 8 October 1878) was an Irish landowner and politician.

Biography

He was a son of David Guardi Ker, MP for

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1841 Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom and Qishan of the Qing dynasty agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the ...

, and Selina Sarah, daughter of the first Marquess of Londonderry, and the elder brother of Richard Ker, Member of Parliament for

1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Fr� ...

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. He was a member of the

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, inheriting the estates at Montalto and Portavo, Ballynahinch on his father's death in 1844. He served as a magistrate, deputy lieutenant and High Sheriff of County Down for 1852 and

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for 1857. He was elected the Member of Parliament for

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1852 Events January–March * January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. * January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come to ...

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1857 Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, '' Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * Ja ...

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Personal life

He married twice: firstly Anna Dorothea, the daughter of

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with whom he had 12 children and secondly Caroline Persse from Galway (who ran off with his son Charley). He was buried in Magheradrool Church of Ireland graveyard and succeeded by his eldest son, Alfred David Ker. After his death the estates passed to another son, Richard Ker.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ker, David Stewart 1816 births 1878 deaths UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922) Deputy lieutenants of Down High sheriffs of Down High sheriffs of Antrim People from Ballynahinch, County Down Politicians from County Down 19th-century Irish landowners