George William Fox Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird, KT, PC (14 April 1807 – 7 January 1878) was a Scottish Whig politician. He served as

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from 1839 to 1841.

Background

Kinnaird was the eldest son of

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, by Lady Olivia Laetitia Catherine FitzGerald third daughter of

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Political career

Kinnaird succeeded his father in the lordship of Kinnaird in 1826. This was a

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and did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the

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. However, in 1831 he was created Baron Rossie, of

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in the County of Perth, in the

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, which gave him a seat in the upper chamber of Parliament. In December 1839 he was appointed

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, a post he held until the government fell in 1841. He was sworn of the

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in early 1840. In 1857 he was made a

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. Three years later he was created Baron Kinnaird, of Rossie in the County of Perth, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In contrast to the earlier barony, which was created with normal remainder to heirs male, this barony was created with special remainder to his younger brother,

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. Kinnaird later served as

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from 1866 to 1878.

Family

Lord Kinnaird married the Honourable Frances Anne Georgina Ponsonby, only daughter of

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, at Great Canford,

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, on 14 December 1837. They had three children: *Hon. Olivia Barbara Kinnaird (died 1871). *Victor Alexander Kinnaird, Master of Kinnaird (1840–1851). *Charles Fox Kinnaird, Master of Kinnaird (1841–1860). Lord Kinnaird died in January 1878, aged 70, without surviving male issue. The barony of Rossie became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in the Scottish lordship and barony of Kinnaird by his younger brother,

. Lady Kinnaird died in March 1910, aged 92.

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