Anthony Keith-Falconer, 7th Earl of Kintore
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20 April 1794
Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bt (cousin)
The Earl of Kintore | |
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 Portrait of Anthony Adrian Keith-Falconer, 7th Earl of Kintore, seated in an interior, attributed to John Ferneley | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony Keith-Falconer 20 April 1794 |
| Died | 11 July 1844 (aged 50) |
| Spouse(s) |
Juliet Renny
(m. 1817; died 1819)Louisa Hawkins
(m. 1821; div. 1840) |
| Relations | Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bt (grandfather) Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bt (cousin) |
| Children | Francis Keith-Falconer, 8th Earl of Kintore |
| Parent(s) | William Keith-Falconer, 6th Earl of Kintore Maria Bannerman |
| Education | St Mary Hall, Oxford |
Anthony Keith-Falconer, 7th Earl of Kintore, Chief of Clan Keith (20 April 1794 – 11 July 1844), was a Scottish aristocrat.
Keith-Falconer was born on 20 April 1794.[1] He was the son of William Keith-Falconer, 6th Earl of Kintore and the former Maria Bannerman. His elder sister was Lady Maria Keith-Falconer and his younger brother was Capt. Hon. William Keith-Falconer of the Royal Navy (who married Louisa Grant, a daughter of William Grant of Congalton).[2]
His paternal grandparents were Anthony Keith-Falconer, 5th Earl of Kintore and the former Christina Elizabeth Sichterman (daughter of Jan Albert Sichterman of Groningen, the Netherlands, Intendant General of the Dutch Settlements in the East Indies and Director and Fiscal of Bengal). His maternal grandparents were Sir Alexander Bannerman, 6th Baronet and the former Mary Gordon (a daughter of Sir James Gordon of Banchory).[2]
After being a pupil at Sparsholt in Berkshire, Lord Kintore attended St Mary Hall, Oxford.[3]
Career
Upon the death of his father on 6 October 1812, he succeeded as the 7th Earl of Kintore and 7th Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall.[2] On 5 July 1838, he was created Baron Kintore, of Kintore in the County of Aberdeen in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[4]
After inheriting Keith Hall, the family seat in Aberdeenshire, he began keeping hounds there. Lord Kintore was master of the Old Berkshire Hunt from 1826 to 1830 and was known as "a rider bold to rashness, greedy for fences; and he was celebrated as a boon table companion."[3] He was succeeded as master of the Hunt by Henry Reynolds-Moreton, later the 2nd Earl of Dulcie (who established the Vale of White Horse Hunt). After he "gave up the country," he returned to Keith Hall where he took to farming "on a large scale."[3]