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Robert Muir of Loanfoot
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Robert Muir (1758–1788)[2] 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.[3] He was also a wine and spirit merchant and is remembered in Robert Burns' poem titled "Epitaph on Robert Muir".
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Robert Muir | |
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Born | 1758 Loanfoot, East Ayrshire, Scotland |
Died | 22 April 1788[1] Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Occupation(s) | Wine and spirit merchant |
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