Thomas Kinnear

[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1820, his proposer being Thomas Allan.

He is buried at a south facing wall of the lower terrace of St John's churchyard on Princes Street.

After his death his widow is listed as living at 44 Melville Street in Edinburgh’s West End.

Due to mismanagement of funds this company failed disastrously in 1833/4, leaving debts of £320,000.

[6] His daughter Jean Kinnear (1772-1838) married Rev John Campbell minister of Tolbooth parish, St Giles who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1818.