Courtney Kenny
Courtney Kenny may refer to: * Courtney Kenny (New Zealand politician) Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny (25 December 1835 – 12 December 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand. Courtenay and his wife (Georgina Paulina Edith Kenny, 1835–1899) are reported ... * Courtney Kenny (British politician) {{hndis, Kenny, Courtney ...
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Courtney Kenny (New Zealand Politician)
Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny (25 December 1835 – 12 December 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand. Courtenay and his wife (Georgina Paulina Edith Kenny, 1835–1899) are reported to have arrived in Port Nicholson on the ''Philip Laing'' on 23 December 1856 and to have established and named the Lochmara Run in Queen Charlotte Sound, centred on Double Cove and what was to become Lochmara Bay in 1857. They later farmed ‘The Rocks’ in Double Cove, until their deaths. Courtenay Kenny is reported to have been born in India, probably Moulmein (now in Burma), to an Indian army officer. His wife was born in Geilston, Dumbarton, Scotland, also to an Indian army father. Both were educated in England. Kenny, having risen from ensign to captain in the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot, served in Crimea and then exchanged to the 94th (Scotch) Regiment. He was founding Captain of the Marlborough Volunteers 1860 ...
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