John Boyd Kinnear (1828 – 10 November 1920) was a Scottish lawyer, writer and
Liberal
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Politics
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Arts, entertainment and m ...
, later
Liberal Unionist
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, politician.
Biography
Kinnear was the son of Christian Boyd Greenshields and her husband, Charles Kinnear of Kinloch. He was educated at the
University of Edinburgh
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and the
University of St Andrews
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. He became a
Scottish Advocate in 1850 and from 1852 to 1856 was political secretary to the
Lord Advocate
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of Scotland
James Moncreiff. In 1855 he was called to the bar at the
Inner Temple
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and was a
JP for
Fife
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. He was an extensive writer on jurisprudence and other topics including religion and women's rights.
In the
1885 general election, he was elected
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
East Fife.
However, in
1886 he stood as a
Liberal Unionist
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and was defeated by future prime minister
H. H. Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom f ...
.
He died at the age of 92.
Family
Kinnear married Sarah Harriet Frith in 1852. She died in 1866 and he married Teresa Bassano of Venice in 1868.
His brother was the eminent architect
Charles Kinnear
Charles George Hood Kinnear FRIBA ARSA FRSE (30 May 1830 – 5 November 1894) was one half of Peddie & Kinnear partnership, one of Scotland’s most renowned and prodigious architectural firms, famed for their development of the Scots Baroni ...
of Peddie & Kinnear.
[Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Kinnear]
Publications
*''A comparison of the bankruptcy systems of England and Scotland'' W. Maxwell, 1858
*''Suggestions relative to the improvement of Court of Session procedure'' Bell and Bradfute, 1863
*''Digest of House of Lords cases decided on appeal from Scotland, 1709 to 1864'' Bell & Bradfute, 1865
*''The right of women to labour'' F. Bell, 1873
*''Principles of property in land'' Smith, Elder, 1880
* ''Principles of Civil Government'' Smith, Elder & Co., 1887
*''The education of women''
Women's Emancipation Union The Women's Emancipation Union was founded by Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy in September 1891 following an infamous court case. Regina v Jackson, known colloquially as the Clitheroe Judgement, occurred when Edmund Jackson abducted his wife in a ...
, 1892
*''The foundations of religion'' Smith, Elder & Co., 1905
*"Principles of Property" Smith, Elder & Co., 1914
References
External links
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1828 births
1920 deaths
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
UK MPs 1885–1886
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies
Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Scottish justices of the peace