Richard Ker (MP)

For the Irish MP (1820s to 1850s), see Richard Ker.

Richard William Blackwood Ker (30 November 1850 – 19 June 1942) was an Irish landowner and MP.

Richard Ker
Member of Parliament for Down East
In office 1885-1890
Member of Parliament for Down
In office 1884-1885
Personal details
Born	(1850-11-30)30 November 1850
Died	19 June 1942(1942-06-19) (aged 91)
Spouse	Edith Rose
Children	1+
Parent	David Stewart Ker (father)
Relatives	Richard Ker (uncle) David Guardi Ker (grandfather)
Military career
Rank	Captain
Unit	1st Royal Dragoons

Biography

He was the son of David Stewart Ker and his wife, Anna Dorothea Blackwood. He was a captain in the 1st Royal Dragoons. He inherited his father's estates of Montalto and Portavo at Ballynahinch^[1] on the death of his elder brother, David Alfred Ker.

He was appointed Sheriff of County Down for 1880–81 and was the Member of Parliament for County Down, 1884–1885 and for East Down, 1885–1890.^[2] He has been described as 'a substantial landowner from Ballynahinch.' ^[3]

He married Edith Louisa, the daughter of William Rose of Warwickshire and had at least one son, who was an officer in the army.^[4]