Background
He was the son of David Stewart Ker and his wife, Anna Dorothea Blackwood.
He was the son of David Stewart Ker and his wife, Anna Dorothea Blackwood.
He was a captain in the 1st Royal Dragoons. He has been described as "a substantial landowner from Ballynahinch.".
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He was appointed Sheriff of County Down for 1880-1881 and was the Member of Parliament for County Down, 1884–1885 and for East Down, 1885–1890.