Charles Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancram (6 August 1624 – September 1690) was a Scottish peer and a member of the English House of Commons.
[3][4] Through his mother, he was a 3 times-great grandson of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, thereby making him a direct descendant of Henry VII.
Kerr was the Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Michaels in Cornwall between March 1647 and December 1648 in the Long Parliament,[3] Robert Holborne, a Royalist, was disabled from sitting for St. Michaels and gave the seat to Kerr, who was the constituency's MP until he was excluded in Pride's Purge.
[6] Between July 1660 and December 1660 Kerr sat in the Convention Parliament representing Thirsk.
[3] Ancram married Frances who was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Catherine, Queen Consort to King Charles II.