Education
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.
He held the seat until losing it in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election. At the 1950 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Cambridge, holding that seat until his retirement at the 1966 general election. Kerr was made a Baronet, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, in 1957.
The title became extinct on his death in 1974.
The Hamilton Kerr Institute was established in 1976 in the riverside property given to Cambridge University for the Fitzwilliam Museum and endowed by Sir Hamilton Kerr. The HKI provides art conservation services and training.
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At the 1931 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the Oldham constituency in Lancashire.