Sir Francis Kinloch, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Kinloch, 1st Baronet, of Gilmerton, was a seventeenth-century Scottish politician.

Biography[]

Francis Kinloch was the son of Andrew Kinloch, a merchant of Rochelle. He purchased the Haddingtonshire estates of Gilmerton, Athelstaneford and Markle, having a charter of Markle on 24 July 1664. He served as a commissioner of supply, and was Lord Provost of Edinburgh before 1674.^[1] He also represented Edinburgh within the Scottish Parliament in the vote on the Convention of the Estates in 1678,^[2] and on 16 September 1686 was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, with remainder to the heirs male of his body.^[1]

Kinloch was married to Magdalen Macmath of Newbyres. She died aged fifty-nine on 16 November 1674 and was buried in the Greyfriars Kirkyard. He was buried there on 17 December 1691. Their only son Francis succeeded to the baronetcy.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume iv (1904) p. 346.
^ Records of the Parliaments of Scotland, 1678/6/3. Accessed 22 November 2014.

Baronetage of Nova Scotia
New creation	Baronet (of Gilmerton) 1686–1691	Succeeded by Francis Kinloch

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[GEC-1] G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume iv (1904) p. 346.

[2] Records of the Parliaments of Scotland, 1678/6/3. Accessed 22 November 2014.

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