Background
He was born at Coolmine House, Clonsilla, Company Dublin in 1805, the son of Alexander Kirkpatrick (1749–1818), of Coolmine House and the ancestral seat of the Kirkpatricks, Drumcondra House, Company
He was born at Coolmine House, Clonsilla, Company Dublin in 1805, the son of Alexander Kirkpatrick (1749–1818), of Coolmine House and the ancestral seat of the Kirkpatricks, Drumcondra House, Company
He represented Frontenac in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative. Kingston"s Member of Parliament Sir John A. Macdonald was then Prime Minister. His mother, Marianne (1769–1835), was the daughter of George Sutton (1737–1800), Alderman and Sheriff of Dublin.
He came to Upper Canada in 1823.
He practised law at Kingston, where he was also customs collector. In 1838, he was elected as the first mayor of Kingston, but was later disqualified because he was not a resident at the time.
In 1847, he was elected mayor again. In 1846, he was named Queen"s Counsel.
He was the father of Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick, who was elected to the same seat in the House of Commons after his father"s death and was named lieutenant-governor of Ontario in 1892.
He died in Kingston in 1870 while still in office. Kirkpatrick is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery. Kirkpatrick Street, a major street located in the Kingston neighbourhood of Kingscourt, is named in his memory.