Sir Francis Kinloch, 1st Baronet, of

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, was a seventeenth-century Scottish politician who served as

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in 1677.

Biography

Francis Kinloch was the son of Andrew Kinloch, a merchant of Rochelle. He purchased the

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estates of Gilmerton,

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and Markle, having a charter of Markle on 24 July 1664. He served as a

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, and was

in 1677. He also represented

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within the Scottish Parliament in the vote on the Convention of the Estates in 1678, and on 16 September 1686 was created a

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, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', volume iv (1904
p. 346
In 1677 he sold land on Melrose Close on the south side of the

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to Sir

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. Kinloch was married to Magdalen Macmath of Newbyres. She died aged fifty-nine on 16 November 1674 and was buried in the

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. He was buried there on 17 December 1691. Their eldest son

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succeeded to the baronetcy. Their large family included Alexander Kinloch who married Mary Leslie, daughter of Sir

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.Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.6 p.343

References

1691 deaths Nobility from East Lothian Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1678 Lord provosts of Edinburgh Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard Burgh commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland {{Scotland-provost-stub