Sir Hamilton Kerr, 1st Baronet

Sir Hamilton William Kerr, 1st Baronet (1 August 1903 – 26 December 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician and journalist. Early life Kerr was born on 1 August 1903. He was second son born to Americans Olive (née Grace) Kerr and banker Henry Scanlan Kerr of Long Island. After his father's death, his mother remarried to Charles Greville, shortly thereafter the 3rd Baron Greville. His older brother was Henry Grace Kerr, who was killed in France during World War I. His paternal grandparents were William Henry Kerr and Harriet Ellen (née Scanlan) Kerr. His mother was a niece of Michael P. Grace and Mayor William Russell Grace, founder of W. R. Grace and Company. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Career After his graduation from Oxford, he then took up a career in journalism and worked on the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph.