Sir John Gordon Kennedy, (18 July 1836 – 2 December 1912) was a British

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Career

Kennedy was born in 1836, the son of John Kennedy (d. 1845) and his wife Amelia Maria Briggs (d. 1896). His father had been the British

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, Italy, and was a grandson of the 11th Earl of Cassilis. His brothers included Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy (1838-1916) and Gilbert George Kennedy (1844-1909). He entered the

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in 1857, served in

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, and was Legation Secretary in Japan, 1879-82 where

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knew him. He was Secretary at the British Embassy in

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when in October 1888 he was appointed Minister Resident and Consul General to the Republic of Chile. He served in Chile until August 1897, when he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of the King of Romania, serving as such until 1905. Kennedy was knighted as Knight Commander of the

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(KCMG) in the

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Family

Kennedy married, in 1877, Evelyn Adela Bootle-Wilbraham, daughter of Colonel Hon. Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, a son of the 1st Baron Skelmersdale.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, John Gordon 1836 births 1912 deaths Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Romania Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chile Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George British people of Dutch descent John Gordon Schuyler family