Clan Kinninmont
Clan Kinninmont is a Scottish clan. The clan does not have a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, therefore the clan has no standing under Scots Law. Clan Kinninmont is considered an armigerous clan, meaning that it is considered to have had at one time a chief who possessed the chiefly arms, however no one at present is in possession of such arms. The original chiefly line died out when an heiress married into another family. The successors of this heiress (see below), are the Earls of Minto, whose patronyme (family name) is that of „Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound“, Kynynmound being a variation of Kinninmont, this family bears, as part of its arms, the arms the clan. History The clan name Kinninmont is derived from the lands of Kinninmonth in Fife, Scotland. In the years between 1189 and 1199, Odo, seneschal to the Bishop of St Andrews, received a charter for these lands from William I of Scotland. An 1841 publication dealing with the charters on the archbishopric of St Andrews states that the charter granted by John, son of Adam, son of Odo is not recorded. The publication also states that John's "original deed of consent, executed at the