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George Kinnaird, 1st Lord Kinnaird

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George Kinnaird, 1st Lord Kinnaird (c. 1622–29 December 1689) was a 17th-century Scottish aristocrat. A Royalist, in 1661, after the Restoration, he was made a member of the Privy Council of Scotland. He sat in Parliament from 1661 to 1663 for Perthshire.

In 1678, he passed his lands and baronies of Inchmichael and Inchture to his son Patrick. Charles II knighted him 28 December 1682 and he became Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (Peerage of Scotland).

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  • Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Kinnaird, George Patrick" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Peerage of Scotland
New creation Lord Kinnaird
1682–1689
Succeeded by