Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, was a British politician, British Ambassador to the United States and editor of various journals. He was private secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George between 1916 and 1921 and as such played a major role in the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920). After succeeding a cousin in the marquessate in 1930, he held junior ministerial offices in the Lords from 1931 in the National Government, headed by Ramsay MacDonald, until he resigned from it in 1932.

Occupation

diplomat, journalist, politician, aristocrat

Position held

Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States, member of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Citizenship

United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

April 18, 1882, 1882

Died

December 12, 1940, 1940