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Non Degener (Not degenerate)
Kinloch is a territorial surname. COSCA lists Fife and Dundee as its associated lands and 'Non Degener' as its motto, and names no chief. The printed Kinloch of Kinloch pedigree runs from David Kinloch, a Dundee physician imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, through Sir David Kinloch, created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1685, to George Kinloch, the first member of parliament for Dundee after the Reform Act of 1832.

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The motto of Clan Kinloch is Non Degener (Not degenerate). It appears on the Clan Kinloch crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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Non Degener, Latin for 'Not degenerate'.
No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Kinloch chief, and COSCA's Kinloch entry leaves the chief field blank.
COSCA lists Fife and Dundee as the lands associated with the name. The baronets, however, are recorded as 'of Kinloch, co. Perth', with their seat at Kinloch House, Meigle, and the family's recorded acquisitions are the lands and barony of Aberbothry and the lands of Balmyle in Perthshire.
Yes. Joseph Foster's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire (1883) records that Sir David Kinloch was 'created a Baronet of Nova Scotia 5 Sept. 1685, by James VII', and that Sir George Kinloch was 'created a Baronet 16 April, 1873'. The same entry gives the crest as 'an eaglet gazing at the sun in his splendour' and the motto as 'Non Degener'.
George Kinloch of Kinloch (1775-1833). Parliament's Historic Hansard records him as member for Dundee from 10 December 1832 until 28 March 1833, and the History of Parliament lists him first among Dundee's members after 1832; Foster's pedigree calls him 'M.P. Dundee in first reformed parliament'. The Gazetteer for Scotland records that he was born in Dundee, inherited estates in Perthshire, went into exile in 1819 after being accused of sedition, returned in 1822, and died at Kinloch House near Meigle.
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