Sir John Henry Kennaway, 3rd Baronet, (6 June 1837 – 6 September 1919) was an
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Conservative Party
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politician.
Early life and education
Kennaway was born on 6 June 1837 in
Park Crescent, London
Park Crescent is at the north end of Portland Place and south of Marylebone Road in London. The crescent consists of elegant stuccoed terraced houses by the architect John Nash, which form a semicircle. The crescent is part of Nash's and wider ...
, England, to Sir John Kennaway, 2nd Baronet and Emily Frances Kennaway (née Kingscote). He was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
, established = (Royal Charter)
, closed =
, type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school
, religion = Church of E ...
, an all-boys
public school
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in London. He studied law and modern history at
Balliol College, Oxford
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, graduating with a
first class Bachelor of Arts
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(BA) degree.
Career
Political career
Kennaway was
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for
East Devon
East Devon is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Devon, England. Its council has been based in Honiton since February 2019, and the largest town is Exmouth (with a population of 34,432 at the time of the 2011 census).
...
from 1870 to 1885, when the constituency was abolished by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ...
. He was then MP for the new
Honiton
Honiton ( or ) is a market town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. Honiton has a population estimated at 11,822 (based on mid-year estimates for the two Honiton Ward ...
constituency from 1885 until the
January 1910 general election.
He was made a
Privy Counsellor
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in 1897 and appointed CB in the
1902 Coronation Honours. From 1908 to 1910 he was
Father of the House of Commons
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.
Other work
He was
called to the bar
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at
Inner Temple
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in 1864. He practiced as a
barrister
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in the western circuit.
He was a governor at the Kings School
Ottery St Mary
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, F ...
. As homage to him the school has named one of its houses after him—Kennaway.
Kennaway served as an officer in the
Rifle Volunteers
The Rifle Volunteers was a regiment of the British Territorial Army. In 2007, it was re-designated as 6th Battalion, The Rifles.
History
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for forty-two years. He was
commanding officer
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of the
3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, from 1896 to 1902, when he was appointed its
Honorary Colonel, a position he retained when it was merged into the
4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, in the
Territorial Force
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in 1908.
Church of England
Kennaway was active in the
Church of England
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. He was a
low church,
evangelical Anglican
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, who supported the
temperance movement
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. He was a member of the
Church Association
The Church Association was an English evangelical Anglican organisation founded in 1865. It was particularly active in opposition to Anglo-Catholicism, ritualism, and the Oxford Movement. Founded in 1865 by Richard P. Blakeney, the association st ...
which campaigned against
Anglo-Catholicism
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, but he spoke against the
Public Worship Regulation Act 1874
The Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict c 85) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced as a Private Member's Bill by Archbishop of Canterbury Archibald Campbell Tait, to limit what he perceived as the growing rit ...
that would allow legal actions again
ritualist priests.
In 1904, he was appointed as a member of the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline:
Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline; The Commission
at anglicanhistory.org it reported in 1906, recommending the repeal of the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874.
He served as President of the Church Missionary Society
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and of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews
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History
The society began in the early 19th ...
.
References
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External links
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Sir John Henry Kennaway
in the National Archives
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1837 births
1919 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Deputy Lieutenants of Devon
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