Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1 September 1847 – 9 April 1938) was a Scottish peer.

Early life and education

Archibald was born in 1847 at

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, the eldest of three sons born to Julia (

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Jephson), Marchioness of Ailsa, and Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa. Among his siblings was Maj. Lord Alexander Kennedy, Lord John Kennedy, Lady Julia Alice Kennedy, Lady Evelyn Anne Kennedy, and Lady Constance Eleanor Kennedy. His father was the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassillis, himself the oldest son of

Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa, Order of the Thistle, KT, Royal Society, FRS (February 1770 – 8 September 1846), styled Lord Kennedy between 1792–4 and known as the Earl of Cassillis between 1794 and 1831, was a British peerage, Sco ...

. His mother was the second daughter of Sir Richard Jephson, 1st Baronet and the former Charlotte Rochfort Smith. He was educated at Eton.

Career

In 1866, Kennedy joining the

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as an ensign. He was promoted lieutenant in 1870 and retired nine year later retired upon succeeding to the Marquessate and estates and joining the House of Lords. In 1874, he was granted an honorary lieutenancy in the

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in 1874. In 1887, he became Lieutenant Commanding the Clyde Brigade, Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, and in 1921 was made honorary captain of the

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. As a young man, he served as an officer in the

. In 1885, he founded the

Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Troon and Ayr, Ayrshire. History The company was founded in 1885 by Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa, along with Peter James Wallace and Alexander McCredie. In 19 ...

, which was based in

Troon Troon (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Truthail'') is a town and sea port in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with ferry and freight serv ...

and

Ayr Ayr ( ; ; , meaning "confluence of the River Àir"), is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With ...

Ayrshire Ayrshire (, ) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county, in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. The lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area of Ayrshire and Arran covers the entirety ...

Peerage

Upon the death of his father on 20 March 1870, he succeeded to the titles of 14th Earl of Cassillis, 16th Lord Kennedy, 3rd

Marquess of Ailsa Marquess of Ailsa, of the Isle of Ailsa in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 10 September 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassillis. The title Earl of Cassillis (pronounced "Cass-ell ...

and 3rd Baron Ailsa. Along with the title came 76,000 acres in

. He held the office of

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between 1919 and 1937.

Sailing

The Marquess was a keen sailor, having studied navigation, and had

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build him ''Foxhound'' in 1870, ''Bloodhound'' in 1874, and ''Sleuthhound'' in 1881. He had his own shipyard at Culzean Castle, where he built the 5-ton ''Cocker''. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the

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. In his will, he left the King of the Netherlands Cup, won by his yacht ''Sleuthhound'' in 1883, to the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Personal life

Lord Ailsa was twice married. His first marriage took place on 7 March 1871 to Hon. Evelyn Stuart, daughter of Charles Stuart, 12th Lord Blantyre and Lady Evelyn Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (herself a daughter of

George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, KG (8 August 178627 February 1861), styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British peer and Whig politic ...

). Together, they were the parents of five children: * Archibald Kennedy, 4th Marquess of Ailsa (1872–1943), married Frances Stewart, daughter of Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart, 1st Baronet. *

Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa (10 April 1875 – 1 June 1956) was a British peerage, Scottish peer, the son of Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa. He was known as Lord Charles Kennedy until 1943, when he inherited the marquessate. ...

(1875–1956), who married Constance Clarke, widow of Sir John Baird. * Lady Evelyn Kennedy (5 April 1876 – 9 January 1886), died young * Lady Aline Kennedy (31 July 1877 – 1 July 1957), married John Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine (1878–1946) in 1901. * Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa (1882–1957), married Gertrude Millicent Cooper He married secondly on 3 November 1891 to Isabella MacMaster, the only daughter of Hugh MacMaster, a market gardener of

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. Together, they had two more children: * Lt.-Col. Lord Hugh Kennedy (19 January 1895 – 27 April 1970), married Katharine Louisa Clare Atherton, daughter of Francis Henry Atherton * Lady Marjory Kennedy (4 September 1898 – 7 December 1988), who married Sir Laurence Pierce Brooke Merriam, MC Lord Ailsa died at his home,

, overlooking the

Firth of Clyde The Firth of Clyde, is the estuary of the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland. The Firth has some of the deepest coastal waters of the British Isles. The Firth is sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by the Kintyre, Kintyre Peninsula. The ...

, where he was known as one of the foremost floriculturists, on 9 April 1938. Lady Ailsa died on 9 December 1945.

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