John Ker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Ker

Scottish spy

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1673

Place of Birth: Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1726

Profession: politician, spy

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John Ker (8 August 1673 – 8 July 1726), born John Crawford in Crawfurdland, Ayrshire, was a Scots Presbyterian linked with Cameronian radicals who between 1705-1709 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.