David Peter James Ker, art dealer, died 18 October, 2025. He was head of that landed gentry family of Portavo, County Down. He was 74.
He was born at Portavo, 23 July, 1951, the son of Capt. David John Richard Ker, MC, DL (1920-1997), of the Coldstream Guards, and his wife the former Virginia Mary Eloise Howard (1926-2018), whose family home was Anmer Hall on the Sandringham estate. Virginia was a scion of the Earls of Suffolk & Berkshire; & married in 1974, Alexandra Mary Watson, daughter of Vice Admiral Sir (Robert) Dymock Watson, KCB, CBE (1904-1988) & his first wife the former Margaret Lois Gillespy (1912-1968), by whom he had issue, two sons, David Edward Richard (1979-80), David Humphrey Rivers (born 1982),the actor and comedian, and a daughter, Clare Rose (born 1977).
The Kers of Portavo were among the wealthiest landed gentry families in Co Down. In the 19th century they owned 35,000 acres, but the family estate there was sold in 1980.
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