George Kinnaird, 7th Lord Kinnaird

Biographical Summary

"George, seventh Lord Kinnaird, was elected a Representative Peer of Scotland in March 1787, and sat in Parliament as such till 1790, but he was not again elected. He was a banker in London, and chairman of the British Fire Office there. He was a great art collector, and began the fine art collection at Rossie, largely purchased at the dispersal of the pictures belonging to the Regent Orleans in 1792. He died unexpectedly at Perth, from the effects of a chill, 11 October 1805. He married, 22 July 1777, Elizabeth, daughter of Griffin Ransom, banker, London. She only survived her husband ten days, dying, it is said, of grief for his loss, at Ballindean, 21 October 1805."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. V, page 212