Kinnaird, Arthur Fitzgerald, Baron Kinnaird, 1847-1923

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Kinnaird, Arthur Fitzgerald, Baron Kinnaird, 1847-1923

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        1847-1923

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        Son of the 10th Lord Kinnaird, Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird was a British principal of the Football Association and a leading footballer considered by some as the first football star. He played in nine FA Cup Finals, a record that stands to this day. His record of five wins in the competition stood until 2010.
        Kinnaird also served as president of The FA for 33 years.[1] For his contributions to football and the FA Cup, he was given the FA Cup trophy itself to keep in 1911 when a new trophy was commissioned.
        He was an all-round sportsman, twice winning a blue at tennis, in 1868 and 1869, while at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was first in an international canoe race at the 1867 Pari Exhibition . He was Cambridge University swimming and fives champion and won the Eton College 350 yards race in 1864.
        In 1875, he married Mary Alma Victoria Agnew (1854–1923), the daughter of Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet, and Lady and Lady Mary Noel, and they had seven children
        Outside of sport he was president of the YWCA and the YMCA in England, a director of Barclays Bank and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1907-1909. He was Honorary Colonel of the Tay Division Submarine Miners, a Volunteer unit of the Royal Engineers based in Dundee. He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1914. This gave him the Post Nominal Letters "KT" for Life.

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        Kinnaird, Arthur, 1814-1887 (1814-1887)

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        Kinnaird, Arthur, 1814-1887 is the parent of Kinnaird, Arthur Fitzgerald, Baron Kinnaird, 1847-1923

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