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Charles Kennedy (diplomat)
Sir Charles Kennedy (12 October 1831 – 25 October 1908) was a senior British diplomat. Early life Charles Malcolm Kennedy was born in London, the son of James Kennedy (MP), James Kennedy, Member of Parliament for Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency), Tiverton, and was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton and at Caius College, Cambridge, Caius College at Cambridge (where he took two British undergraduate degree classification, firsts). Diplomatic career Kennedy entered the Foreign Office in 1852. He served chiefly in the commercial branch, attaining the senior clerkship there early in the 1870s. This was his substantive appointment for many years, but he was almost constantly engaged on special services abroad, in particular: *His first deputation (1870–71) was to the Levant as president of a commission of inquiry into the Consular establishments *British Commissioner in Paris in connection with the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (concluded with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Kennedy 1890s By Alexander Bassano
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of Order of chivalry, orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
