George William Fox Kinnaird, 1st Baron Kinnaird

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"George William Fox Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird KT, PC (14 April 1807 – 7 January 1878), was a Scottish Whig politician. He served as Master of the Buckhounds under Lord Melbourne from 1839 to 1841.

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.

Lord Kinnaird married the Honourable Frances Anne Georgina Ponsonby, only daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley, at Great Canford, Dorset, 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, Arthur. Lady Kinnaird died in March 1910, aged 92."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 July 2012, 13:23 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Kinnaird,_9th_Lord...> [accessed 6 December 2012]