John Ker

John Ker (8 August 1673 – 8 July 1726), born John Crawford in Crawfurdland, Ayrshire, was a Scots Presbyterian linked with Cameronian radicals who between 1705 and 1709 acted as a government informer against the Jacobites. Dogged by financial issues most of his life, he died in King's Bench Prison in 1726.

For other uses, see John Ker (disambiguation).

John Ker, born John Crawford
Born8 August 1673
Crawfurdland, Ayrshire Scotland
Died8 July 1726
King's Bench Prison, London
Buried
St George the Martyr, Southwark
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