(c.1681 - 1741), 3rd s. of 3rd E. of Roxburghe [S]; army officer, ensign, Webb's reg. of Ft 1689, lt. 1705, col. 7 Drag. 1709 - 41, lt.-gen.1739; MP 1710 - 13, 1715 - 27; unm.
1704 - 6? Rome (by 8 Nov. 1704 - 25 Jan. 1705), Naples, Padua (6 Jun.) [Rome (late 1705)]
'Mr Carr and English' were received in Rome on 8 November 1704 by the Duke of Shrewsbury.1 English was John Inglis, physician to Queen Anne, and Carr was the Hon. William Ker, whose brother the Earl of Roxburghe had recently been made Secretary of State for Scotland. Their visit coincided with the Spanish Wars, but Carr was anxious, nonetheless, to reach Naples. On 22 November the Duke of Shrewsbury noted in his journal: '[Mr Carr] told me he thought he could procure a pass to go to Naples; that not only his curiosity but his health required it. I told him, in the last case, I could say nothing against it, and believed there was no danger. The greatest inconvenience appeared was what they might think in England, now that his brother was in the Ministry. He told me the Spa[nish] Embassador said that as he was a Scotchman he would grant it, but to no Englishman; which shows the hopes they flatter themselves with from Scotland.'1
On 25 January Ker and Inglis left for Naples.1 They were in Padua on 6 June.2 Ker was perhaps 'Mr Carr a Lord's son', who was said (in January 1706) to have received a Papal audience 'not many months since'.3
1. Shrewsbury Jnl., 785. 2. Brown 1252. 3. SP 98/22 (Newton, 9 Jan. 1706).