Gilbert Ker

{{Short description|17th-century Scottish soldier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022|cs1-dates=Wikipedia, Last edited April, 20202}}

Gilbert Ker was a Scottish soldier in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

He was involved with the Western Association (Scotland).{{cn|date=November 2024}} As a colonel, he led the Scottish army defeated at the Battle of Hieton in 1650,{{cite book |last1=Pugh |first1=R. J. M. |title=The Killing Fields of Scotland: AD 83 to 1746 |date=19 January 2013 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |isbn=978-1-78346-988-8 |page=315 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=egbMDwAAQBAJ |language=en}} where he was wounded and captured.{{cn|date=November 2024}}