John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis,
PC (November 1653 – 23 July 1701) was a
Scottish peer, the son of
John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis
John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis, PC (died April 1668) was a Scottish peer, the grandson of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, and nephew of John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis. He succeeded to the titles of 8th Lord Kennedy and 6th Earl ...
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He succeeded to the titles of 9th Lord Kennedy and 7th Earl of Cassillis on 22 September 1668. He was one of the commission exercising the office of
Treasurer of Scotland
The Treasurer was a senior post in the pre-Act of Union 1707, Union government of Scotland, the Privy Council of Scotland.
Lord Treasurer
The full title of the post was ''Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector-General and Treasurer of the Ne ...
between 1689 and 1695. On his death, his titles went to his grandson, as his first son, Lord Kennedy, had predeceased him. Kennedy was a keen
freemason
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
, belonging to the Kilwinning Lodge.
Family
He married Lady Susannah Hamilton, daughter of
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC (19 June 1606 – 9 March 1649), known as The 3rd Marquess of Hamilton from March 1625 until April 1643, was a Scottish nobleman and influential political and military leader during the Thirty Year ...
, on 26 December 1668. They had three children:
* William Kennedy, Master of Cassilis (b.1668)
*John Kennedy, Lord Kennedy (ca. 1672–1700),
[G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 231.] who married Elizabeth Hutchinson and had one son,
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
who became the 8th Earl of Cassilis.
*Anne Kennedy (bef. 1679–1699)
He married Mary Fox, on 27 February 1697 or 1698. They had three children:
*Hon. James Kennedy (b. 1701 – d. 1759)
*Lady Elizabeth Kennedy (b. 1701)
*Lady Mary Kennedy (b. 1701)
References
1653 births
1701 deaths
Earls of Cassilis
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
Scottish Freemasons
Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689
Commissioners of the Treasury of Scotland
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