Thomas Kinnear

not to be confused with Grace Marks' employer who died in 1843

Thomas Kinnear FRSE (d. 1830) was a Scottish banker and Director of T. Kinnear & Sons. He was also a Director of the Bank of Scotland.

Life

His father was Charles Kinnear, an agriculturalist in Fife. His grandfather Thomas Kinnear was also a banker and founded T. Kinnear and Sons in 1748. Kinnear’s was one of the few Scottish banks to survive the crisis of 1772.

His company had premises at 9 Royal Exchange in Edinburgh.[1]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1820, his proposer being Thomas Allan.[2] After his death his widow is listed as living at 44 Melville Street in Edinburgh’s West End.[3]

The National Archives in Kew hold a copy of his will, dated 21 February 1831.[4] After his death his firm amalgamated with Donald Smith and Son to form Kinnear, Smith and Company (1831). Smith had been Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1807-08. Due to mismanagement of funds this company failed disastrously in 1833/4, leaving debts of £320,000.[5]

Family

His nephew was the lawyer James Kinnear.

References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1830-31
  2. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1835-36
  4. ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D258051
  5. ↑ https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/2ead8145-1505-3f58-8d1a-761d1a9f3cc3
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