John Kinnear

Reverend John Kinnear (1824–1909) was an Irish Liberal party politician He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Donegal at the 1880 general election, and held the seat until the constituency was divided for the 1885 general election. and ordained a minister of the First Letterkenny Presbyterian Church on 27 December 1848. He spent most of his life in Letterkenny, County Donegal. and later that year received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Washington and Lee University. He was the first clergyman to be elected to the house of commons. and is buried in the graveyard of Conwal Parish Church, Letterkenny. Kinnear Lane in Letterkenny is named after him.