Reverend John Kinnear (1824–1909) was an Irish Liberal party politician[1] and Presbyterian minister.
[2] He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Donegal at the 1880 general election, and held the seat until the constituency was divided for the 1885 general election.
Kinnear was born in Clonaneese near Dungannon in County Tyrone, and was educated in Royal Belfast Academical Institution, ordained a minister 1848, and spent most of his life in Letterkenny.
He died in 1909 and is buried in the graveyard of Conwal Parish Church, Letterkenny.
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