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William Kerr (Royal Navy officer)
Commodore The Hon. William Kerr was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
==Naval career==
Born a younger son of the Earl of Lothian, Kerr was promoted to post captain on 14 May 1690 on appointment to the command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Deptford''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Kerr )〕 He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Burlington'' in 1696, of the third-rate HMS ''Lenox'' later the same year and of the third-rate HMS ''Eagle'' in 1700.〔 He went on to receive the command the third-rate HMS ''Revenge'' in 1702.〔
Promoted to Commodore, Kerr became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1706.〔Cundall, p. xx〕 Starved of resources including medicines to treat his men, who were sick from tropical diseases, Kerr was unable to prevent the Spanish ships from leaving port. On return his to England he was prosecuted, impeached and then dismissed from the Royal Navy.
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