Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa,
KT (25 August 1816 – 20 March 1870) was a
Scottish peer and soldier.
Life
Born at
Dunottar, he was the eldest son of
Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis
Archibald Kennedy IV, Earl of Cassilis, (4 June 1794 – 12 August 1832) was the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa. He was styled Lord Kennedy until 1831, and Earl of Cassilis thereafter until his death.
He studied at the Un ...
, himself the oldest son of
Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa
Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa KT, FRS (February 1770 – 8 September 1846), styled Lord Kennedy between 1792 and 1794 and known as the Earl of Cassilis between 1794 and 1831, was a Scottish peer.
Early life
Kennedy was the eldest so ...
, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of
Alexander Allardyce.
[ His father having predeceased him in 1832, Kennedy succeeded to his grandfather's titles in 1846.][ Having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant, he was appointed ]Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire, Scotland. The post was abolished in 1975, being replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran.
*Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton 17 March 1794 – 30 October ...
in 1861, an office he held until his death nine years later.
Family
On 10 November 1846, Kennedy married Julia Jephson, daughter of Sir Richard Jephson, 1st Baronet
The Jephson Baronetcy, of Spring Vale in the Dorset, County of Dorset, was a British nobility, title in the List of extant baronetcies, Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 June 1815 for Richard Jephson. The title became extin ...
, and had by her three sons and three daughters:
*Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa
Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1 September 1847 – 9 April 1938) was a Scottish peer.
Early life
Archibald was born on 1 September 1847, the eldest of three sons born to Julia (née Jephson), Marchioness of Ailsa, and Archibald Kenne ...
(1847–1938)
*Lady Julia Alice Kennedy (1849–1936), who married Col. Robert William Web Follett. No known issue.
*Lady Evelyn Anne Kennedy (1851–1936), married Capt. Sir Arthur Henderson Young, 17th Governor of the Straits Settlements
The governor of the Straits Settlements was appointed by the British East India Company until 1867, when the Straits Settlements became a Crown colony. Thereafter the governor was appointed by the Colonial Office. The position existed from 1826 ...
. Left issue.
*Lt.-Col. Lord Alexander Kennedy (1853–1912), who married Beatrice Gordon, daughter of George Tomline Gordon DL, JP. They had two daughters.
*Lady Constance Eleanor Kennedy (1855–1946), married Col. Lionel Grimston Fawkes JP. They had issue.
*Lt. Lord John Kennedy (1859–1895), who married Adelaide Mary Learmonth, daughter of Alexander Learmonth MP for Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
. Left no issue.
References
External links
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1816 births
1870 deaths
Knights of the Thistle
Lord-Lieutenants of Ayrshire
Archibald
Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold".
Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon .
Erkanbald, bishop of ...
Scottish people of Dutch descent
Schuyler family
Van Cortlandt family
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