Background
Kinnaird was a younger son of Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird, and Lady Olivia Letitia Catherine, daughter of William Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster.
Kinnaird was a younger son of Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird, and Lady Olivia Letitia Catherine, daughter of William Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster.
He continued in this role once he was elected to Parliament. In 1868, he was elected as President of the National Bible Society of Scotland after the resignation of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. He was an avid supporter of Prime Minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, which led to him being nicknamed "Palmerston"s shadow".
During his time in office, he was known for his desire to seek more representation for Scotland within Parliament.
In 1847, Kinnaird represented the British Association for the Relief of Distress in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland, in distributing relief to the Scottish poor (Christine Kinealy, "Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland. The Kindness of Strangers (Bloomsbury, 2013).
He was treasurer of the Highland Emigration Fund
Lord Kinnaird married Mary Jane (Hoare) Kinnaird (1816–1888), daughter of William Henry Hoare, in 1843. They had seven children out of whom six grew to adulthood: Frederica Georgina (1845–1929), Arthur Fitzgerald (1847–1923), Louisa Elizabeth (1848–1926), Agneta Olivia (1850–1940), Gertrude Mary (1853–1931), and Emily Cecilia (1855–1947).
Lady Kinnaird died the following year.
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Kinnaird sat as Member of Parliament for Perth from 1837 to 1839 and again from 1852 to 1878 for the Whigs.