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George Kinnaird, 7th Lord Kinnaird (1754 – 1805) was a Scottish aristocrat, virtuoso, and banker. He was a representative peer in 1787. ==Life== He was the son of Charles Kinnaird, 6th Lord Kinnaird and Barbara Johnstone, daughter of Sir James Johnstone, bart. He succeeded his father in 1767, and entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1769, graduating M.A. in 1771. Kinnaird was partner in the banking firm of Ransom, Morland and Hammersley of Pall Mall, London; the MP William Morland was one of the partners, as was Hugh Hammersley MP. Kinnaird fell out with the Prince of Wales, one of the bank's customers, who moved his business to Coutts & Co.〔(historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Morland, William (1739-1815), of 56 Pall Mall, Mdx. and Lee House, Kent.'' )〕〔(historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Hammersley, Hugh (?1775-1840), of 76 Pall Mall, Mdx.'' )〕 He was also chairman of the London Fire Office.〔 With Morland, Kinnaird helped set up the Dundee New Bank in 1802. Henry Boase as managing partner of the Pall Mall bank went to Dundee to reconstruct it, in 1804. Kinnaird was known as an art collector. The collection he founded was based on purchases from the Orleans Collection, dispersed in 1792. The dealer Thomas Moore Slade imported the Northern European works, for Kinnaird, Hammersley and Morland. Kinnaird's collectiion was subsequently housed at, and named for, Rossie Priory; and was sold in 1948.〔〔(liverpoolmuseums.org.uk, ''The Rossie Priory collection''. )〕 In politics Kinnaird acted as treasurer to the Society of the Friends of the People, which he joined in 1792 with James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale and David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan.〔(historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Kinnaird, Hon. Charles (1780-1826), of Rossie Priory, Perth.'' )〕 Kinnaird was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1784. He died on 11 October 1805, in Perth.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Kinnaird, 7th Lord Kinnaird」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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