Sir Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton, 3rd Baronet (23 June 1676 – 2 March 1747) was a Scottish landowner.

Early life

Kinloch was the son and heir of

Sir Francis Kinloch, 2nd Baronet There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Kinloch, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2010. The Kinloch Baronetcy, of Kinloch i ...

, of Gilmerton, and Mary Leslie, daughter of David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark. He was a member of a noble family whose ancestry is displayed in ''

The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigné, "9th Marquis of Ruvigny and 15th of Raineval" (25 April 1868 – 6 October 1921) was a British genealogist and author, who was twice president of the Legitimist Jacobit ...

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'' – The Anne of Exeter Volume, by the Marquis of Ruvigny & Raineval, London, 1907, table LVI.

Career

Kinloch succeeded his father in 1699 and inherited the family seat, Gilmerton House, about a mile east-north-east of

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, East Lothian.''The Buildings of Scotland – Lothian (except Edinburgh)'', by Colin McWilliam, London, 1978, pps: 215–7,

Personal life

Around 1705, Kinloch married Mary Rochead, daughter and co-heiress of Sir James Rochead, 1st Baronet of

Inverleith Inverleith (Scottish Gaelic: ''Inbhir Lìte'') is an inner suburb in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city. Its neighbours include Trinity to the north and the New Town to the south, with Canonmills ...

. Mary's sister, Janet Rochead, married Alexander Murray of Melgund and, after his death,

Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes (1665 – 3 December 1721) was a Scottish advocate and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1698 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1721. He served as Lord Advo ...

. Together, Mary and Francis were the parents of three sons and three daughters:''The Scottish Nation'', by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1867, volume VI, p. 608. *

Sir James Kinloch, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

, of Gilmerton (1705–1778). *

Sir David Kinloch, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

, of Gilmerton (1710–1795). * Alexander Rocheid of Inverleith (d. 1755). * Janet Kinloch, who married Charles Broun, an advocate. * Mary Kinloch, who married Alexander Hamilton of Beil, near

Stenton Stenton ( sco, Staneton) is a parish and village in East Lothian, Scotland. It is bounded on the north by parts of the parishes of Prestonkirk and Dunbar, on the east by Spott and on the west by Whittingehame. The name is said to be of Saxon de ...

. * Magdalen Kinloch, who married John Wilkie of Foulden, Berwickshire, in 1745. Sir Francis died on 2 March 1747 and Lady Kinloch died on 2 April 1749 at Gilmerton House. Sir Francis was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

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, although he lived all his adult life in Switzerland. Following Sir James' death in 1778, his second son

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inherited the baronetcy.

Descendants

His grandson, Sir Francis Kinloch, 6th Baronet FRSE FSA was notoriously murdered by his younger brother Archibald Kinloch in 1795 in order to inherit the baronetcy.''Index to Genealogies, Birthbriefs, and Funeral Escutcheons'', recorded in the Lyon Office, by Francis J. Grant, W.S.,

Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records is a legal and heraldic office in Scotland. The holder of this office is appointed by the Crown, and like the Lord Lyon King of Arms receives an annual salary. Lyon Clerk's duties include heraldic research, the ...

, Edinburgh, 1908, p. 46.

References

1676 births 1747 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia {{NovaScotia-baronet-stub