For a while I've been trying to find more substantial information regarding Kinloch saving Lord North's son from drowning and how it affected his relationship with the North family and his stance on the revolution. Most sources that mention it give little detail beyond the fact that Kinloch saved Lord North's son. Greg Massey told me that this event supposedly played a role in Kinloch returning to America and fighting on the side of the colonies because his act of heroism didn't garner him any special favors.
As previously mentioned, the collection "Biographical and genealogical research on Francis J. Kinloch" from the South Carolina Historical Society archives includes an 8-page biography of Kinloch written by his granddaughter Sarah Lewis Lesesne (née Simons). It mentions that Kinloch was classmates with Lord North's son at Eton. While bathing in a river, Kinloch saved the son's life. The name of the son is not given, but based on birth years, I would guess it was George. The biography notes that "Lord North was very unwilling that he should leave England he would like to have him able to confer some benefit on him." Lord North then gifted Kinloch with "a Copy of Lord Bacon's works, a silver Inkstand & a Gold snuff box each with an inscription." Kinloch later mentioned the inkstand in a letter to Thomas Boone.
I do still need to access the Kinloch-Müller letters which reportedly document his anger about being slighted by Lord North and his decision to return to America. In the meantime, I was excited to find a little more information (directly from the Kinloch family) about this event.
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George North 🤝 Me
Wanting to pet the Wolfmen
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george north sounds like a gremlin menace and im here for it
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Shut up, Frank, I wanna touch the wolfman.
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i was genuinely gonna have a heart failure because of that match geez
a few takeaways:
1. this team is so unserious, josh adams shaking his own hand and liam williams trying to get a piggyback off semi radradra.
2. dan biggar’s usual rants and meltdowns continue to make me my day.
3. george north, louis rees zammit and elliot dee, all scoring, they did it for me.
4. jac morgan is mini goat
5. there were so many hits that genuinely made me want to be sick.
6. despite the heart failures, that was actually a really good game.
onto the next one!!
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Frank is my new son, but also George North I love you soo much I hope you come back a wolfman instead of dying your crazy kid.
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