David Kennedy, 10th Earl of CassilisMurphy, Alan. Footprint: Scotland, 3rd Ed. Bath, UK: Footprint, 2004. 230. (bef. 1734 – 18 December 1792), was a Scottish peer, the third son of

Sir John Kennedy, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in 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 ...

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He succeeded to the titles of 10th Earl of Cassilis, 12th Lord Kennedy and 5th

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Kennedy on 30 November 1775 on the death of his elder brother Thomas, the 9th Earl, who had died without male issue. He held the office of

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of Scotland from 1776 to 1790. It was the 10th Earl who ordered the rebuilding of

Culzean Castle Culzean Castle ( , see yogh; sco, Cullain) is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, in South Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy, but is ...

on the

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coast. Lord Cassilis never married, and the baronetcy became extinct on his death; the other titles passed to a distant cousin,

Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis Captain Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis (1720 – 30 December 1794) was a Scottish peer who lived in the English colony of New York which became part of the United States. Early life Kennedy, who lived in New York City at 1 Broadway in ...

, who lived in

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Earls of Cassilis 1792 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1768–1774 Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing Scottish representative peers

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