Background
He was the son of Charles Kinnaird, 6th Lord Kinnaird and Barbara Johnstone, daughter of Sir James Johnstone, bart. He succeeded his father in 1767, and entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1769, graduating Master of Arts
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George Kinnaird
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He was a representative peer in 1787. In 1771. Kinnaird fell out with the Prince of Wales, one of the bank"s customers, who moved his business to Coutts & Company He was also chairman of the London Fire Office.
With Morland, Kinnaird helped set up the Dundee New Bank in 1802.
Kinnaird was known as an art collector. The collection he founded was based on purchases from the Orleans Collection, dispersed in 1792.
The dealer Thomas Moore Slade imported the Northern European works, for Kinnaird, Hammersley and Morland. Kinnaird"s collection was subsequently housed at, and named for, Rossie Priory.
And was sold in 1948.
Kinnaird was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1784. He died on 11 October 1805, in Perth. Kinnaird married Elizabeth, daughter of Griffin Ransom.
Their fifth son Douglas James William was an Member of Parliament. (1) George William Ransom, died 1779;
(3) Henry, died 1784;
(4) Edward Griffin, died 1803;
(6) Frederick John Hay, died 1814;
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Eliza, married Edward Wadding Plunkett, 14th Baron of Dunsany;
Georgiana Mary Anne, married George Johnstone Hope;
Laura Margaretta, died 1810;
Amelia Barbara, died 1795.
Membership
Royal Society.
