Robert Muir of Loanfoot

Robert Muir
Kilmarnock Cross in 1840
Born1758
Loanfoot, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Died22 April 1788
Kilmarnock, Scotland
Occupation(s)Wine and spirit merchant

Robert Muir (1758–1788) was an estate owner as well as a very close friend and supporter of the poet Robert Burns and was most probably born on the family estate of Loanfoot (NS 415 380) near Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. He was also a wine and spirit merchant and is remembered in Robert Burns' poem titled "Epitaph on Robert Muir".

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