Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, (né Kerr), KG, PC (c. 1587 17 July 1645), was a Scottish politician, and favourite of King James I of England whose involvement in the murder of his mentor, Sir Thomas Overbury, caused great scandal. Robert Kerr was born in Wrington, Somerset, England the younger son of Sir Thomas Kerr (Carr) of Ferniehurst, Scotland New International Encyclopedia by his second wife, Janet, sister of Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch. About the year 1601, while as an obscure page to George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, he met Sir Thomas…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, (né Kerr), KG, PC (c. 1587 17 July 1645), was a Scottish politician, and favourite of King James I of England whose involvement in the murder of his mentor, Sir Thomas Overbury, caused great scandal. Robert Kerr was born in Wrington, Somerset, England the younger son of Sir Thomas Kerr (Carr) of Ferniehurst, Scotland New International Encyclopedia by his second wife, Janet, sister of Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch. About the year 1601, while as an obscure page to George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, he met Sir Thomas Overbury in Edinburgh and so a great friendship was struck up between the two that they came up to London together. Overbury soon became secretary to Carr and when the latter embarked on his career at court, Overbury took the position of mentor, secretary and political advisor to his more charismatic friend becoming the brains behind his steady rise to prominence.