The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;.

KINNAIRD Lord KINNAIRD.

THIS sirname is local, and was assumed by the proprietors of the lands and ba∣rony of Kinnaird in Perth-shire, as soon as sir∣names began to be frequently used in this country.

I. RADULPHUS, the immediate ancestor of this noble family, flourished in the reign of king William the Lion (who succeeded to the crown of Scotland, anno 1165) and from the colour of his hair was called Rufus.

He got a charter, from king William, of the lands and barony of Kinnaird in Perth-shire, Radulpho Rufo per suas rectas divisas,* 1.1 &c. to which Matthew bishop of Aberdeen, Andrew bishop of Caithness, William de Bosch chancel∣lor, Philip de Colvile, &c. are witnesses. The charter has no date; but must have been granted in or before 1184, in which year the bishop of Caithness died.

This Radulphus assumed his sirname from his lands, and to him all the Kinnairds of Scotch extraction owe their origin and de∣scent.

He left issue a son,

Richard de Kinnaird,—and a daugh∣ter,

Isabella, married to John of Invertuyl, which appears from a charter of the lands of Dunort,* 1.2 granted by Richard de Kinnaird to John, son of Richard of Innertuyl, of all and haill the lands of Dunort, &c. in free marri∣age with his sister Isabel, &c. &c. &c.

Radulphus lived after the year 1200, and was succeeded by his son,

II. RICARDUS de KINNAIRD, who had reserved to himself the superiority of the lands of Dunort, though he gave the property to John of Innertuyl with his sister, which shows, that the family were proprietors of other lands besides the barony of Kinnaird.* 1.3 This appears by another charter of king William, which must have been granted in or before 1214, in which year that prince died.

He left issue a son and successor,

III. RADULPHUS de KINNAIRD, who granted a charter of confirmation to Richard son of John of Innertuyl,* 1.4 of all and haill the lands of Dunort, &c. which Richard his fa∣ther gave to John, son of Richard of Inner∣tuyl, in free marriage with his sister Isabel∣la. The witnesses to the confirmation were Galsred bishop of Dunkeld, Alexander abbot of Coupar, and William abbot of Scoon, which must have been in or before 1249, in which year the bishop of Dunkeld died.

He left issue two sons.

1. Richard, his heir.

2. Thomas de Kinnaird,* 1.5 who is witness in a donation to the monastery of Arbroath by Hugo de Arbuthnot, anno 1282.

He was succeeded by his eldest son,

IV. RICARDUS de KINNAIRD, who was one of the Scotch barons that swore allegi∣ance to king Edward I.* 1.6 of England, when he had over-run Scotland, anno 1296, and he is then designed Ricardus de Kinnaird, in viceco∣mitatu de Perth, &c. This Richard in men∣tioned in Rymer's Foedera Angliae,* 1.7 anno 1304, and did not die for some years thereafter.

He was father of

V. RADULPHUS de KINNAIRD, who is the first of the family we find designed domi∣nus de eodem, or of that ilk.

He was also forced to submit to the supe∣rior power of king Edward,* 1.8 and swear fealty to him as well as his father had done, in 1296.

He lived to a great age, died about 1350, and was succeeded by his son,

VI. RICHARD de KINNAIRD, who, in a charter of resignation of Robert de Cochran de codem,* 1.9 is designed Ricardus de Kinnaird dominus ejusdem, anno 1368.

He died before 1379, leaving issue a son,

VII. Sir RICHARD KINNAIRD of that ilk, who succeeded him, and got a charter from king Robert II.* 1.10

"of all and haill the lands and barony of Kinnaird, with their pertinents, lying in the sheriffdom of Perth, &c.

dated 7th December 1379, before these witnesses, William bishop of St. An∣drews, John bishop of Dunkeld, chancellor, John earl of Carrick, the king's first-born son, senescallus Scotiae, his son Walter earl of Fife, his consin William earl of Douglas and Mar, sir James Lindsay his nephew, &c.

He got also from the same prince a char∣ter of confirmation of the lands of Chicken-rawath and Kinnyndmond,* 1.11 in Aberdeen-shire, upon the resignation of Thomas de Haya, con∣stable of Scotland, and the king's beloved son, Ricardo de Kinnaird, &c. dated the last day of September 1380, before the same witnesses in the preceeding charter.

He left issue two sons.

1. Thomas, his heir.

2. Reginald of Inchture, who carried on the line of this family, of whom more here∣after.

Sir Richard was succeeded by his eldest son,

VIII. THOMAS KINNAIRD of that ilk, who married Giles,* 1.12 daughter and heiress of Walter Murray of Cowbine, with whom he got a considerable accession to his estate, viz. the lands and barony of Cowbine, &c. and, in consequence of this marriage, he and his poste∣rity continued to quarter the arms of Murray of Cowbine with their own.

By the said Giles he left issue two sons.

1. Alan, his heir.

2. Walter, to whom he gave his mother's estate,* 1.13 viz. the lands and barony of Cowbine, whose posterity the Kinnairds of Cowbine sub∣sisted in the male-line for several generations, but are now extinct.

He was succeeded by his eldest son,

IX. ALAN, whose descendents, the Kin∣nairds of that ilk, flourished with lustre, till the reign of king Charles I. but being now extinct, the representation devolves upon the family of Inchture, of whom the present lord Kinnaird is lineally descended, to whose an∣cestor therefore we now return.

VIII. REGINALDUS de KINNAIRD, se∣cond son of sir Richard Kinnaird of that ilk, married Marjory, daughter and heiress of sir John Kirkcaldy, with whom he got the lands and barony of Inchture, in the shire of Perth, upon which he got a charter from king Ro∣bert III.

"Reginaldo de Kinnaird, &c. son of the deceast sir Richard Kinnaird, and Mar∣jory Kirkcaldy, daughter and heiress of the deceast sir John Kirkealdy,* 1.14 the said Regi∣nald's future spouse, all and haill the lands which the said Marjory was possessed of in the barony of Inchture, to the said Re∣ginald and Marjory, and longest liver of them two, and the heirs lawfully procreate betwixt them, &c."

The charter is dated 28th January 1399.

This Reginald and his successors were de∣signed by the title of Inchture,* 1.15 and, on ac∣count of this marriage, quartered the arms of Kirkcaldy with their own.

He died in the end of the reign of king James I. leaving issue a son,

IX. WALTER KINNAIRD of Inchture,* 1.16 who succeeded him, and made a resignation of his lands and barony of Inchture, Polgavie, &c. carissimo nepoti suo, Mro. Johanni Kin∣naird, &c. upon the 17th day of October, 1486.

He had a son,

X. REGINALD de KINNAIRD his ap∣parent heir, who died before himself, leaving issue a son,

XI. Mr. JOHN KINNAIRD, who succeed∣ed his grand-father in the lands and barony of Inchture,* 1.17 &c. and got a charter under the great seal confirming to him the fore-menti∣oned resignation of the barony of Inchture, &c. dated 28th October 1486.

This John Kinnaird of Inchture was one of the inquest upon the service of Andrew lord Gray,* 1.18 anno 1505.

He was succeeded by his son,

XII. GEORGE, who got a charter from king James IV.* 1.19 of the lands and barony of Inch∣ture, anno 1511.

In a charter,* 1.20 wherein Andrew Kinnaird of that ilk gave the castle of Kinnaird to Willi∣am lord Ruthven, George Kinnaird of Inch∣ture, and George his son and heir, are witnes∣ses, anno 1514.

He left issue two sons.

1. George, his apparent heir, who died without issue.

2. Patrick, who succeeded his father.

XIII. PATRICK KINNAIRD of Inchture,* 1.21 got a charter under the great seal, terrarum baroniae de Inchture, &c. anno 1542.

He married Margaret, daughter of— Moncur of that ilk, by whom he had a son and successor,

XIV. PATRICK KINNAIRD of Inchture, a great loyalist,* 1.22 who got a charter under the great seal from queen Mary, anno 1565, of the lands and barony of Inchture.

Also a charter of the lands and village of Laik,* 1.23 &c. anno 1570.

He married Eupheme daughter of James Gray of Balegarno, Esq; by whom he had a son,

XV. PATRICK KINNAIRD of Inchture,* 1.24 who succeeded him, and married Eupheme, daughter and co-heiress of Gilbert Gray of Balindoran, a son of lord Gray, by whom he had two sons and one daughter.

1. John, who died unmarried.

2. George, who became his father's heir.

His daughter, Margaret, married to sir An∣drew Hay of Keilour, and was mother by him of John twelfth earl of Errol.

He was slain by William, son of Patrick

Ogilvie of Inchmartin, anno 1590, which ap∣pears by a remission, under the great seal, to the said William Ogilvie, for the slaughter of Patrick Kinnaird of Inchture,* 1.25 dated anno 1594.

He was succeeded by his son,

XVI. GEORGE KINNAIRD of Inchture, who got a charter, under the great seal, of the lands of Deans-croft, and others, in the pa∣rish of Inchture,* 1.26 anno 1603.

He married—, daughter of—, by whom he had a son and successor,

XVII. PATRICK, who got a charter un∣der the great seal, Patricio Kinnaird de Inch∣ture, of the lands of Millhill, &c. anno 1615.

Also two other charters of the lands of Drimmie,* 1.27 the half of the lands of Balegar∣no, &c. anno 1624.

He got likeways a charter of the lands of Polgavie,* 1.28 &c. in 1630; also a charter of se∣veral other lands, anno 1643.

He married—, daughter of—, by whom he had a son,* 1.29

XVIII. GEORGE KINHAIRD of Inchture, who succeeded him. He was a man of great worth and honour, aud continued a steady friend of the royal family during all the time of the civil war.

After the restoration, king Charles II. was pleased first to confer the honour of knight∣hood upon him, anno 1661; and he got a char∣ter under the great seal, domino Georgio Kin∣naird, terrarum baroniae de Forgund et Foulis, &c. &c.* 1.30 1662.

He was afterwards appointed one of his majesty's privy council, and raised to the dig∣nity of the peerage, by the title of lord Kin∣naird of Inchture, by patent haeredibus mas∣culis e corpore suo, dated 28th December 1682.

He married Margaret,* 1.31 daughter of James Crichton of Ruthven, Esq; by whom he had six sons.

1. Patrick, his heir.

2. John, died without issue.

3. James, died without issue.

4. Alexander, died without issue.

5. Mr. Charles, a man of great learning and strict honour, but died without issue.

6. George, who carried on the line of this family, of whom afterwards.

He died on 29th December 1689, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

XIX. PATRICK, second lord Kinnaird, who married Anne, daughter of Hugh lord Lovat, by whom he had three sons and one daughter.

1. George, master of Kinnaird, who died without issue, anno 1698.

2. Patrick, his father's heir.

3. Charles, who succeeded to the esate and honours, of whom afterwards.

His daughter, Anne, married to Thomas Drummond of Logiealmond, Esq;.

He dying in February 1701, was succeeded by his son,

XX. PATRICK, third lord Kinnaird, who married, 1st, lady Henriet Murray, daughter of Charles earl of Dunmore, by whom he had no issue.

He married, 2dly, lady Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of Patrick earl of Strathmore, by whom he had a son,

XXI. PATRICK, fourth lord Kinnaird, who, dying without issue, was succeeded by his uncle,

XX. CHARLES, third son of Patrick, se∣cond lord Kinnaird, who was the fifth lord.

He married Magdalene Brown, daughter of Mr. William Brown, merchant in Edinburgh, but dying without issue, anno 1758, his estate and honours devolved upon his cousin and heir male Charles, grandson of his uncle George, to whom we now return.

XIX. GEORGE KINNAIRD, Esq; sixth son of George the first lord, was father of,

XX. GEORGE KINNAIRD, Esq; who married lady Helen Gordon, daughter of Charles earl of Aboyne, by whom he had a son,

XXI. CHARLES, sixth lord Kinnaird, who succeeded to the estate and honours, as before observed, and married Barbara, daughter of sir James Johnston of Westerhall, baronet, by whom he hath issue two sons and three daugh∣ters.

1. George, master of Kinnaird.

2. Patrick.

1st daughter Elizabeth.

2. Helen.

3. Margaret.

ARMS.

Quarterly, 1st and 4th or, a fess wavey, between three stars gules, for Kirkcaldy; 2d and 3d gules, a saltire, between four crescents or, for Kinnaird.

CREST; on a wreath, a crescent, rising from a cloud, with a star between its horns, all within two branches of palm disposed orlewise.

SUPPORTERS; two savages, each wreath∣ed about his head and middle with oak leaves, and their hands, that support the shield, in

chains hanging down to their feet, their other hands holding each a garland of laurel.

MOTTO; Patitur qui vincit.

CHIEF SEAT

At Drimmie in the Carse of Gowrie, Perth∣shire.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Chart. penes dom. Kin∣naird.
• * 1.2

  Ibidem.
• * 1.3

  Ibidem.
• * 1.4

  Ibidem.
• * 1.5

  Chartulary of Arbroath.
• * 1.6

  Prynne, vol. III. p. 654.
• * 1.7

  Rymer, tom. II. p. 10••5.
• * 1.8

  Prynne's col∣lect. vol. III. p. 663.
• * 1.9

  MacFarlane's collect. vol. I. p. 402.
• * 1.10

  Charta penes dom. Kin∣naird.
• * 1.11

  Charta in ro∣tul. Rob. II.
• * 1.12

  Chart. in ar∣chiv. Jacobi II.
• * 1.13

  Ibidem.
• * 1.14

  Charta penes dom. Kin∣naird.
• * 1.15

  Nishet, vol. I. p. 142.
• * 1.16

  Charta in ar∣chivis Jacobi III. et penes dom. Kin∣naird.
• * 1.17

  Chart. in pub. archiv.
• * 1.18

  Charta penes dom. Gray.
• * 1.19

  Chart. in pub. archiv.
• * 1.20

  Ibidem, and Haddington's collections.
• * 1.21

  Chart. in pub. archiv.
• * 1.22

  Ibidem.
• * 1.23

  Ibidem.
• * 1.24

  Ibid. & Craw∣furd's peer∣age.
• * 1.25

  Remissio in pub. archiv.
• * 1.26

  Chart. in pub. archiv.
• * 1.27

  Ibidem.
• * 1.28

  Ibidem.
• * 1.29

  Ibidem.
• * 1.30

  Ibidem.
• * 1.31

  Ibidem.