This week's knight of the week: "Sir Robert Kerr" - King David I was born in 1085 and founded the first two burghs in Scotland: Berwick and Roxburgh. He was the eldest son of William Kerr (d. 1606). Robert helped James VI against Bothwell. At the coronation of Anne of Denmark in 1590, he was one of 12 that were chosen to be knighted. He was a member of the Privy council of Scotland from 1599. He was created Lord of Roxburgh at the end of 1599, and was created Baron of Roxburgh in 1600. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1606 and was created the first Earl of Roxburgh in 1616. He was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland in 1637.
On the breaking out of civil war in Scotland in 1639 he joined the king. Later he also fought with the king during the English civil war (1642-1651). In 1648 he supported the engagement to rescue the king. He died in 1650, in his 80th year. On his death, the lordship of Roxburgh became extinct. The ruins of Roxburgh Castle are thought by some historians to be those of Camelot. The civil war ended with the Parlimentary victory at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
