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Kinnaird, Lord (S, 1682 - 1997)

Creation: let.pat. 28 Dec 1682

Extinct: 27 Feb 1997

Family name: Kinnaird

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Or a Fess wavy between three Mullets Gules (as a Coat of Augmentation for Kirkcaldy);  2nd and 3rd, Gules a Saltire between four Crescents Or (Kinnaird)

Crest:

A Crescent issuing from a Cloud having a Mullet issuing between the horns thereof all within two Branches of Palm disposed in orle proper

Supporters:

On either side a Savage wreathed about the head and middle with Oak Leaves his interior hand in Chains hanging down to his feet and in his exterior hand a Garland of Laurel all proper

Motto:

 Sine Phoebo Lux (above the Crest);  Patitur Qui Vincit (below the Shield)

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George [Kinnaird], 1st Lord Kinnaird, PC

2nd son of Patrick Kinnaird of Inchture by his wife Eupheme Gray, dau. of Gilbert Gray of Bandirran

born

mar.

19 Nov 1650 Margaret Crichton (d. 31 Oct 1704), dau. of James Crichton of Ruthven

children

1. Hon Patrick Kinnaird, later 2nd Lord Kinnaird

2. Hon John Kinnaird (dsp.)

3. Hon James Kinnaird (dsp.)

4. Hon Alexander Kinnaird (dsp.)

5. Hon Charles Kinnaird (d. bef. 4 Aug 1727)

6. Hon George Kinnaird (bur. 2 Mar 1703), mar. Margaret Maitland (d. bef. 9 Jan 1736), and had issue:

1a. George Kinnaird, mar. (1) Lady Helen Gordon (d. bef. 3 Nov 1731), 1st dau. of Charles [Gordon], 2nd Earl of Aboyne , by his cousin Lady Elizabeth Lyon, 2nd dau. of Patrick [Lyon], 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and had issue:

1b. George Kinnaird (d. bef. Jul 1758)

2b. Charles Kinnaird, later 6th Lord Kinnaird

1b. Margaret Kinnaird

George Kinnaird mar. (2) Anne Gordon, and had further issue:

3b. George Kinnaird (d. after 1736)

died

29 Dec 1689

created

28 Dec 1682 Lord Kinnaird, of Inchture in the County of Perth

suc. by

son

note

a staunch Royalist; knighted 1661; Member of Parliament for Perthshire 1661-63 ; Privy Councillor [S] 1661

Patrick [Kinnaird], 2nd Lord Kinnaird

born

mar.

after 29 Sep 1679 Hon Anne Fraser (b. 12 Mar 1660/1; bur. 8 Oct 1684), 1st dau. of Hugh [Fraser], 8th Lord Lovat, by his wife Anne Mackenzie, 2nd dau. of Sir John Mackenzie of Tarbat, 1st Bt.

children

1. Hon George Kinnaird, Master of Kinnaird (dvp. 27 Aug 1698)

2. Hon Patrick Kinnaird, later 3rd Lord Kinnaird

3. Hon Charles Kinnaird, later 5th Lord Kinnaird

1. Hon Anne Kinnaird, mar. after 3 Dec 1701 Thomas Drummond of Logiealmond

died

18 Feb 1701

suc. by

son

note

Patrick [Kinnaird], 3rd Lord Kinnaird

born

mar. (1)

1702 Lady Henrietta Murray (b. 28 Nov 1684; dsp. 27 Oct 1702), 1st dau. of Charles [Murray], 1st Earl of Dunmore, by his wife Catherine Watts, dau. and cohrss. of Richard Watts, of Great Munden, co. Hertford

mar. (2)

Lady Elizabeth Gordon (widow of her cousin Charles [Gordon], 2nd Earl of Aboyne; mar. (3) Capt Alexander Grant of Grantsfield; d. Jan 1739), 2nd dau. of Patrick [Lyon], 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, by his wife Lady Helen Middleton, 2nd dau. by his first wife of John [Middleton], 1st Earl of Middleton

only child by second wife

1. Hon Patrick Kinnaird, later 4th Lord Kinnaird

died

31 Mar 1715

suc. by

son by second wife

note

in opposition to the Union between Scotland and England

Patrick [Kinnaird], 4th Lord Kinnaird

born

c. 1710

died

Sep 1727

suc. by

uncle

note

Charles [Kinnaird], 5th Lord Kinnaird

born

mar.

c. 1729 Magdalen Brown (d. after 23 Sep 1747), dau. of William Brown, merchant, of Edinburgh

died

s.p.s. 16 Jul 1758

suc. by

first cousin once removed

note

Charles [Kinnaird], 6th Lord Kinnaird

born

mar.

9 Aug 1745 Barbara Johnstone (b. 28 Jul 1723; d. 21 Oct 1765), 1st dau. of Sir James Johnstone of Westerhall, 3rd Bt., by his wife Hon Barbara Murray, 1st dau. of Alexander [Murray], 4th Lord Elibank

children

1. Hon George Kinnaird, later 7th Lord Kinnaird

2. Hon Patrick Kinnaird (d. Jul 1771)

1. Hon Helen Kinnaird (d. 21 Apr 1795), mar. Rev Edmund Dana, Vicar of Wroxley, co. Shropshire

2. Hon Elizabeth Kinnaird (d. 13 Sep 1769)

3. Hon Margaret Kinnaird (d. 18 Jun 1800), mar. 30 Jun 1779 Thomas Wiggins MP (d. 18 Jan 1785)

died

2 Aug 1767

suc. by

son

note

George [Kinnaird], 7th Lord Kinnaird

bapt.

26 Jul 1748

mar.

23 Jul 1777 Elizabeth Ransom (d. 21 Oct 1805), dau. of Griffin Ransom, of New Palace Yard, Westminster, banker, by his wife Elizabeth Jelf, dau. of Andrew Jelf, architect

children

1. Hon George William Ransom Kinnaird, Master of Kinnaird (b. 8 May 1778; dvp. young)

2. Hon Charles Kinnaird, later 8th Lord Kinnaird

3. Hon Henry Kinnaird (b. 6 Sep 1782; dvp. 21 Jul 1786)

4. Hon Edward Griffin Kinnaird (b. 2 Jan 1784; dvp. 26 Feb 1803)

5. Hon Douglas James William Kinnaird MP Managing Partner, Ransom & Co (b. 26 Feb 1788; d. 12 Mar 1830)

6. Hon Frederick John Hay Kinnaird (b. 30 May 1789; d. 1814)

1. Hon Eliza Kinnaird (b. 13 May 1781; dsp. 30 Apr 1864), mar. 26 Mar 1823 as his second wife her cousin Edward Wadding [Plunkett], 14th Baron Dunsany

2. Hon Georgiana Mary Anne Kinnaird (b. 25 Oct 1786; d. 16 Dec 1848), mar. 1814 as his second wife Admiral Sir George Hope-Vere later Johnstone-Hope KCB RN (d. 2 May 1818), 1st son of Hon Charles Hope later Hope-Vere of Craighall (by his third wife Helen Dunbar, dau. of George Dunbar), 2nd son of Charles [Hope], 1st Earl of Hopetoun, and had issue

3. Hon Laura Margaretta Kinnaird (b. 6 Oct 1791; d. 29 Mar 1810)

4. Hon Amelia Barbara Kinnaird (b. 5 Nov 1793; dvp. 9 Jan 1795)

died

11 Oct 1805

suc. by

son

note

a banker; Chairman, British Fire Office; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1787-90; Treasurer, Royal Institution 1801-05

Charles [Kinnaird], 8th Lord Kinnaird

born

12 Apr 1780

mar.

8 May 1806 Lady Olivia Laetitia Catherine FitzGerald (b. 9 Sep 1787; d. 28 Feb 1858), 3rd dau. of William Robert [FitzGerald], 2nd Duke of Leinster, by his wife Hon Emilia Olivia Usher-St George, dau. of St George [Usher-St George], 1st Baron St George

children

1. Hon George William Fox Kinnaird, later 9th Lord Kinnaird

2. Lieut Hon Graham Hay St Vincent De Ros Kinnaird (b. 27 Oct 1811; d. 14 Apr 1838)

3. Hon Arthur FitzGerald Kinnaird, later 10th Lord Kinnaird

1. Hon Olivia Cecilia Laura Kinnaird (b. 4 Oct 1808 ; d. 5 Sep 1899)

2. Hon Frederica Eliza Kinnaird (b. 3 Apr 1810; dsp. 27 May 1856), mar. 16 Aug 1838 as his first wife Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope GCB (b. 3 Mar 1808; dsp. 9 Jun 1881), only son of Admiral Sir George Hope-Vere later Johnstone-Hope KCB RN, by his first wife Lady Jemima Hope-Johnstone, 5th dau. of James [Hope later Hope-Johnstone], 3rd Earl of Hopetoun

died

12 Dec 1826

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Leominster 1802-05; a Representative Peer for Scotland (Whig) 1806-07

George William Fox [Kinnaird], 9th Lord Kinnaird, KT PC

born

14 Apr 1807

mar

14 Dec 1837 Hon Frances Anna Georgiana Ponsonby (b. 28 Jul 1817; d. 20 Mar 1910), only dau. of William Francis Spencer [Ponsonby], 1st Baron De Mauley, by his wife Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper, only dau. and hrss. of Anthony [Ashley-Cooper], 5th Earl of Shaftesbury

children

1. Hon Victor Alexander Kinnaird, Master of Kinnaird (b. 13 May 1840; dvp. 8 Oct 1851)

2. Hon Charles Fox Kinnaird, Master of Kinnaird (b. 5 Jun 1841; dvp. 30 Mar 1860)

1. Hon Olivia Barbara Kinnaird (b. 22 Jan 1839; d. 6 Aug 1871), mar. 27 Jul 1859 Sir Reginald Howard Alexander Ogilvy, 10th Bt. (d. 12 Mar 1910), and had issue

died

s.p.m.s. 7 Jan 1878

created

20 Jun 1831 Baron Rossie, of Rossie in the County of Perth

1 Sep 1860 Baron Kinnaird, of Rossie in the County of Perth, with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his brother Arthur and the heirs male of his body

suc. by

brother

note

Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons 1830-32 ; Master of the Buckhounds 1839-41; Privy Councillor 1840; Knight of the Thistle 1857; Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire 1866-78; on his death the Barony of Rossie became extinct

Arthur FitzGerald [Kinnaird], 10th Lord Kinnaird

born

8 Jul 1814

mar.

28 Jun 1843 Mary Jane Hoare (b. c. 1816; d. 1 Dec 1888), dau. of William Henry Hoare, of Mitcham Grove, co. Surrey, by his wife Louisa Elizabeth Noel, sister of Charles Noel [Edwardes later Noel], 1st Earl of Gainsborough, and 1st dau. by his first wife of Sir Gerard Noel Edwardes later Noel, 2nd Bt., of Welham Grove, co. Leicester

children

1. Hon Arthur FitzGerald Kinnaird, later 11th Lord Kinnaird

1. Mary Louisa Olivia Kinnaird (b. and dvp. 1846)

2. Hon Frederica Georgiana Kinnaird (b. 4 May 1845; d. 10 Jan 1929), mar. 27 Dec 1870 Dr Alfred Orlando Jones (d. 1896), and had issue

3. Hon Louisa Elizabeth Kinnaird (b. 1 Nov 1848; d. 19...)

4. Hon Agneta Olivia Kinnaird (b. 5 Jun 1850; d. 16 Sep 1940), mar. 7 Jun 1874 Roland Yorke Bevan, of Fosbury, co. Wiltshire (b. 30 Sep 1848; d. 18 Feb 1923), 4th son of Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, of Fosbury, co. Wiltshire, and Trent Park, co. Middlesex, by his wife Lady Agneta Elizabeth Yorke, sister of Charles Philip [Yorke], 4th Earl of Hardwicke, and only dau. of Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke KCB MP, and had issue

5. Hon Gertrude Mary Kinnaird (b. 29 Nov 1853; d. 19...)

6. Hon Emily Cecilia Kinnaird CBE (b. 20 Oct 1855; d. 9 Sep 1947)

died

26 Apr 1887

suc. by

son

note

Attaché, St Petersburg 1835-37; Partner, Ransom & Co, bankers; Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Perth 1837-39 and 1852-78

Arthur FitzGerald [Kinnaird], 11th Lord Kinnaird

born

16 Feb 1847

mar.

19 Aug 1875 his cousin Mary Alma Victoria Agnew (b. 2 Sep 1854; d. 19 Jan 1823), 5th dau. of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 8th Bt., by his wife Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel, 1st dau. by his third wife of Charles Noel [Edwardes later Noel], 1st Earl of Gainsborough

children

1. Capt Hon Douglas Arthur Kinnaird, Master of Kinnaird (b. 20 Aug 1879; dvp. 24 Oct 1914)

2. Hon Kenneth FitzGerald Kinnaird, later 12th Lord Kinnaird

3. Noel Andrew Kinnaird (b. 4 Sep 1883; dvp. 4 Nov 1883)

4. Lieut Hon Arthur Middleton MC ADC (b. 20 Apr 1885; dvp. 27 Nov 1917)

5. Hon Patrick Charles Kinnaird MC, Treasurer St Thomas's Hospital 1944 (b. 4 Dec 1898; dsp. 31 Mar 1948), mar. (1) 4 Nov 1921 (div. 1925) Margaret Stella Wright (b. 14 Sep 1899; mar. (2) 10 Dec 1925 S/Ldr HSH Prince Michael Imeretinsky, of La Colle, Route de Castellar, Menton, France), 2nd dau. of Henry FitzHerbert Wright, of Yeldersley Hall, co. Derby, by his wife Muriel Harriet Fletcher, 3rd dau. of Col Henry Charles Fletcher CMG by his wife Lady Harriet, only dau. of Charles [Marsham], 3rd Earl of Romney, and (2) 10 Dec 1925 Violet Sandford, yst. dau. of Capt Francis Marmaduke Henry Sandford

1. Catherine Mary Kinnaird (b. 13 Jun 1876; dvp. 28 Apr 1886)

2. Hon Margaret Alma Kinnaird OStJ (b. 27 Jan 1892; d. 17 Apr 1954)

died

30 Jan 1923

suc. by

son

note

Partner, Barclay, Ransom & Co, bankers; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1907

Kenneth FitzGerald [Kinnaird], 12th Lord Kinnaird, KBE

born

31 Jul 1880

mar.

25 Jun 1903 his cousin Frances Victoria Clifton (b. 27 Apr 1876; d. 27 Jul 1960), 3rd dau. of Thomas Henry Clifton, of Lytham Hall, co. Lancaster, by his wife Madeline Diana Elizabeth Agnew, 1st dau. of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 8th Bt.

children

1. Hon Graham Charles Kinnaird, later 13th Lord Kinnaird

2. Hon (Kenneth) George Kinnaird (b. 2 Nov 1914; dsp. 19...), mar. 21 Mar 1950 Lady (Germaine) Elizabeth Olive James (b. 13 Apr 1911; former wife of Maj Thomas James, 1st son and heir of Lt Col Hon Cuthbert James CBE MP; d. 1991), only dau. of Montague Charles [Eliot], 8th Earl of St Germans

1. Hon Anne Barbara Kinnaird (b. 17 May 1904; d. 19...), mar. 7 Sep 1939 Walter Seton Scott, of Nilgiris, South India, yst. son of Rev Julius Scott, of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, and has issue

2. ..... Kinnaird (b. 4 Oct 1906; dvp. 7 Oct 1906)

3. Hon Madeline Elizabeth Kinnaird (b. 30 Jan 1908), mar. 17 Apr 1929 Most Rev Hugh Rowlands Gough CMG OBE DD, Archbishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia 1959-66, son of Rev Charles Massey Gough, Rector of St Ebbe, Oxford, and has issue

died

5 Jul 1972

suc. by

son

note

Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1936 and 1937; KBE 1946

Graham Charles [Kinnaird], 13th Lord Kinnaird

born

15 Sep 1912

mar. (1)

6 May 1938 (div. 1940) Nadia Fortington, only child of Harold Augustus Fortington OBE, of Isle of Jethou, Channel Islands, by his wife Edna Winifred Jardine MBE, 1st dau. of Sir Ernest Jardine, 1st Bt.

mar. (2)

4 Oct 1940 Diana Margaret Elizabeth Copeman (b. c. 1919; d. 2 Feb 2009), 2nd dau. of Robert Shuckburgh Copeman, of Roydon Hall, Diss, co. Norfolk, by his wife Margaret Morrison Dewar, 2nd dau. of Charles Dewar

children by second wife

1. Nicholas Charles Kinnaird (b. 27 Aug 1946; dvp. 15 Mar 1951)

1. Hon Caroline Kinnaird (b. 8 Jun 1949), mar. (1) 1970 (div. 1986) Christopher Wigan, son of Maj Algernon Desmond Wigan MC, of Howe Green Hall, Hertford, by his wife Mary Butler-Henderson, 1st dau. of Capt Hon Eric Brand Henderson later Butler-Henderson (by his wife Hon Sophia Isabelle Butler Massey, 2nd dau. by his second wife of Lionel Edward [Massey}, 5th Baron Clarina), 6th son of Alexander [Henderson], 1st Baron Faringdon, and (2) 1986 James Douglas Best, and has issue by both husbands

2. Hon Anna Kinnaird (b. 18 Dec 1952), mar. 1968 Edward Henry Liddell, of Narbonne Avenue, London (b. 20 Jan 1953), 1st son of T/Capt Thomas Lyon Liddell, of Dorman's Corner, Lingfield, co. Surrey, by his wife Susan Mary Coutts, 4th dau. of C R V Coutts, of The Court Lodge, Chelsfield, co. Kent, and has issue

3. Hon Susan Kinnaird (b. 1956), mar. 1987 Frances Rupert Chad Lea, of Duxford Mill, co. Cambridge (b. 2 Nov 1957), 1st son of W/Cdr Robert Francis Gore Lea OBE (by his second wife Susan Greenwood, 2nd dau. of John Eric Greenwood, of the Priory of Our Lady St Mary, Wareham, co. Oxford), 2nd son of Sir Thomas Sydney Lea, 2nd Bt.

4. Hon Mary Clare Kinnaird (b. 1960), mar. 1988 John C Staib, only son of Christian Frederick Edward Staib, of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, by his wife Ann Margaret Harkness, only dau. of Sir Joseph Welsh Park Harkness CMG OBE, of Tenterden, co. Kent, and has issue

died

s.p.m.s. 27 Feb 1997

note

On the death of the 13th Lord Kinnaird the Scottish Lordship of Kinnaird and the UK Barony of Kinnaird became extinct.

 First written 7 Apr 2009

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