George Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe

alt=A coat of arms depicting two humanoids with their arms utop a crest with blue stars on a white background on the top right and bottom left corners and some red and green decorations on the remaining corners. On top of the crest is a red crown on top of which on either side with a knights head helmet with a horse head sitting on one helmet and a hog head on the other. The text upon the horse head reads "Pro-christo et patria dulce periculum" and atop the hog head "Be traist" George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe (7 September 1913 – 26 September 1974), was the son of Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe, and Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (née Goelet). He succeeded his father in 1932.

Early life George Innes-Ker was born on 7 September 1913 to Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe (1876–1932), and Mary Goelet (1878–1937). He was born almost ten years after his parents were married, on 10 November 1903,

He grew up at Floors Castle which was located on 60,500 acres, which his mother decorated with her own collection of art including a series of 17th century Gobelins Manufactory tapestries.

Family His paternal grandparents were James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe (1839–1892), and Lady Anne Spencer-Churchill (1854–1923), the fourth daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, who served in Conservative governments as Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and his wife, Lady Frances Vane, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. His first cousin once removed was Winston Churchill. His uncle, Lord Robert Innes-Ker (1885–1958), married the actress José Collins.

His maternal grandfather was Ogden Goelet (1851–1897), an American real-estate millionaire. At the time of his parents' marriage, his mother was the wealthiest American heiress, with a dowry of twenty million dollars, exceeded only by that of Consuelo Vanderbilt. He also was a grandnephew of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III, née Grace Wilson. When her widowed mother died in 1967, the Duchess inherited West Horsley Place where she died in 2014 at the age of 99. Together, they had: Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe (18 November 1954 – 29 August 2019) Lord Robert Anthony Innes-Ker (b. 28 May 1959); married 1996 Katherine Pelly, and has issue, one son and one daughter. They have separated.

The 9th Duke of Roxburghe died on 26 September 1974.

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