Kinloch

This name seems to be territorial from lands at the head of Rossie Loch in Fife (‘ceann-loch’ meaning ‘head of the loch’). This is a most ancient family, listed as receiving charters to their land as early as the reign of Alexander III. Nisbet states that they bear one of the earliest surnames of the kingdom. John de Kyndelouch had confirmation of the privilege of a millpool in Fife around 1250. William de Kyndelloch of Fifeshire, appears on the Ragman Roll of those submitting to Edward I of England in 1296. George Kinloch, styled ‘of Kinloch and Cruivie’, lived through the reigns of James IV and V and had several sons, notably Alexander and David, progenitors of the cadet families of Kinloch of Kilrie and Kinloch of Gourdie. David Kinloch, who lived towards the end of the sixteenth century, and may have been a member of one of the cadet branches, was a noted physician and traveller. He acquired the lands of Aberbothrie from James VI in 1616. Another David Kinloch was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1685. His son, Sir James Kinloch, second Baronet, married the heiress of Nevoy of that Ilk, and for a time this family prospered. Their son, James, who was styled ‘of that Ilk’, fought for the Jacobite cause in 1745 and on the defeat of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the ‘Young Pretender’, at Culloden, his titles and estates were forfeited. He was captured and condemned to death but contrived to make his escape to France. The family lands were subsequently repurchased, but the family left to reside in England and the estates were sold to a cousin, George Oliphant Kinloch. The family fortunes were much restored when Sir George Kinloch, proprietor of the barony of Kinloch, and a distinguished member of the Scottish Bar, received a baronetcy under the style of ‘Kinloch of Kinloch’. Another branch of the family, the Kinlochs of Gilmerton in East Lothian, also prospered. Sir Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton was raised to the rank of Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1686. His son married a daughter of the great civil war general, David Leslie, Lord Newark. This family intermarried with other prominent East Lothian houses and thrived as a result. There is a family connection with the Grenadier Guards, and the tenth Baronet served in the regiment throughout the Crimean War. His son was mentioned in dispatches in the First World War, and rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1917. The name is also known worldwide through the famous Highland outfitters, Kinloch Anderson.