Kinloch, Francis, 1755-1826

<p>Francis Kinloch (March 7, 1755 – February 8, 1826) was an American lawyer and rice planter from Georgetown, South Carolina. He served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1780.</p>

<p>His father, Francis, was a member of the royal council for South Carolina from 1717 till 1757, and at one time its president, and his grandfather, James, came from Scotland about 1700.</p>

<p>Francis, the son, was first educated in Charleston, but was sent to London in 1768, after his father's death, and placed at Eton. In 1774, after travelling through France, Italy, and Switzerland, he remained in Geneva with his friend Johannes von Müller, a Swiss historian. Though at first he had sympathized with the Tories, at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War he returned to Charleston, and received a captain's commission in the South Carolina militia. He was on Gen. Isaac Huger's staff at the attack on Savannah in 1779, and received a bullet wound. He then served on Gen. William Moultrie's staff until 1780, when he was sent to the Continental congress in Philadelphia for one year. While trying to escape from his house during "Simcoe's raid," he was captured, but released on parole and returned home.</p>

KINLOCH, Francis, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 7, 1755; educated by private tutors; went to England in 1768 and entered Eton College, from which institution he graduated in 1774; studied law at Lincoln's Inn, London, which he entered in 1774 and was admitted to the bar in that city; studied in Paris and Geneva 1774-1777; returned to the United States and served as volunteer, lieutenant, and captain in the Revolutionary War 1778-1781; served in the State house of representatives in 1779 and 1786-1788; Member of the Continental Congress in 1780; was an extensive rice planter at ``Kensington,'' Georgetown District, S.C.; delegate to the State convention, which ratified the Federal Constitution May 23, 1788; elected warden of the city of Charleston and justice of the peace and quorum in 1789; member of the State legislative council in 1789 and of the State constitutional convention in 1790; died in Charleston, S.C., February 8, 1826; interment in St. Michael's Church Cemetery.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>02/15/1791 SC Lt. Governor Lost 0.87% (-68.70%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 SC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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<b>Francis Kinloch</b><br>
<b>BIRTH</b> 6 Mar 1755<br>
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA<br>
<b>DEATH</b> 7 Feb 1826 (aged 70)<br>
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA<br>
<b>BURIAL</b><br>
Saint Michaels Church Cemetery<br>
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, US