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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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under
Lord Melbourne Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 177924 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His first premiership ended when he was dismissed ...
from 1839 to 1841.


Background

Kinnaird was the eldest son of Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird, by Lady Olivia Laetitia Catherine FitzGerald third daughter of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster.


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
Master of the Buckhounds The Master of the Buckhounds (or Master of the Hounds) was an officer in the Master of the Horse's department of the British Royal Household. The holder was also His/Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot. The role was to oversee a hunting pack; a ...
under
Lord Melbourne Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 177924 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His first premiership ended when he was dismissed ...
, a post he held until the government fell in 1841. He was sworn of the Privy Council 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 Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire 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,
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. Lady Kinnaird died in March 1910, aged 92.


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* , - 1807 births 1878 deaths Nobility from Perth and Kinross Knights of the Thistle Lord-lieutenants of Perthshire Lords of Parliament Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Masters of the Buckhounds Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria Kinnaird family {{UK-baron-stub