In 2017, she inherited the Scottish title Lady Herries of Terregles from her sister, Mary, thus making her and her husband one of few couples who each hold a hereditary peerage in their own right.
On 7 June 1975, Lady Jane married Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram, a Conservative Member of Parliament and son and heir of the 12th Marquess of Lothian.
[3] Lord and Lady Lothian have three daughters and two grandchildren:[4] Her husband died on 1 October 2024, following a short illness.
[5] In 2017, on the death of her elder sister, she inherited the ancient Scottish peerage, the Lordship of Herries of Terregles, which her father had inherited from his mother, Gwendolen, Duchess of Norfolk (and 12th Lady Herries of Terregles).
Lady Lothian is a patron of the Right to Life Trust and a patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball.