Gilbert Ker was a Scottish soldier in the

Wars of the Three Kingdoms The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of related conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, then separate entities united in a pers ...

. He was involved with the

Western Association (Scotland) The Western Association was a Scottish military association to coordinate the military forces of the south western counties of Scotland during the War of the Three Kingdoms. Prelude Most of the Lords and ministers of the south west of Scotland ha ...

. As a colonel, he led the Scottish army which was defeated at the

Battle of Hieton The Battle of Hieton was fought on the 1 December 1650 between a force of Scottish Remonstrants under Colonel Gilbert Ker and 1,000 English commanded by Major-general John Lambert. The site of the battle was by the Cadzow Burn, near the pr ...

in 1650, where he was wounded and captured.

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