He reached the rank of General in the British Army, and held a number of important administration posts, including Governor of Edinburgh Castle.

Out of ammunition, food and water, they surrendered the next day and the opposing commander, the Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II of England, invited the captured officers to dinner.

[4] Their losses at Almansa meant the regiment was reformed in 1709 and disbanded two years later, as part of the reductions passed by the Tory government installed after the 1710 British General Election.

Kerr was promoted Brigadier-General, but his juniors officers placed on half-pay; several of these, including Philip Lockhart and John Nairne, later joined the 1715 Jacobite Rising.

In retaliation, a British naval expedition under Lord Cobham landed 6,000 troops in the Spanish port of Vigo in October; they held it for ten days, destroyed vast quantities of stores and equipment, then re-embarked unopposed.