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 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.

At the 1950 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons as the MP for Cambridge, holding that seat until his retirement at the 1966 general election. In 1954, Kerr was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The HKI provides art conservation services and training.