Archibald David Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa,
OBE,
DL (3 December 1925 – 7 April 1994) was a
Scottish peer, the son of
Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa
Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa (28 October 1882 – 31 May 1957) was a Scottish peer, the son of Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa. He was known as Lord Angus Kennedy until 1956. He was educated at Eton College. He gained the rank of ...
.
In early life, as David Kennedy, he worked as a
steam locomotive fireman and, as Marquess, ran the
Isle of Man Railway
The Isle of Man Railway (IMR) ( gv, Raad Yiarn Vannin) is a narrow gauge steam-operated railway connecting Douglas with Castletown and Port Erin on the Isle of Man. The line is narrow gauge and long. It is the remainder of what was a mu ...
as lessee for the 1967–1971 seasons.
He married Mary (3 May 1916 – 17 August 2007,
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
), daughter of coal miner John Burn, of Amble, Northumberland,
[Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1973, p. 34] on 7 April 1954 and they had three children:
*Lady Elizabeth Helen Kennedy (b. 23 February 1955)
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Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa (13 September 1956 – 15 January 2015)
*Lord David Thomas Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa (b. 3 July 1958)
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Deputy Lieutenants of Ayrshire and Arran
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
1925 births
1994 deaths
People educated at Pangbourne College
Scots Guards officers
Royal Scots Fusiliers officers
British Army personnel of World War II
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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