Archibald David Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa,

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, DL (3 December 1925 – 7 April 1994), styled Earl of Cassillis from 1 June 1956 to 31 May 1957, was a Scottish peer and chief of

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Early life

Kennedy was born at Brick Kiln Farm,

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, Essex, the only son of Lord Angus Kennedy (the third son of 3rd Marquess of Ailsa), and Gertrude Millicent Cooper. He was educated at Nautical College Pangbourne. In early life, as David Kennedy, he worked as a steam locomotive fireman and, as Marquess, ran the

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as lessee for the 1967–1971 seasons. He was a lieutenant in the

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and lieutenant-colonel in the

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( TA). In 1956, his father, Lord Angus, succeeded his childless elder brothers as the 6th

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 ...

, at which point Archibald became known by the courtesy title Earl of Cassillis. His father died exactly 365 days later on 1 June 1957, and Archibald succeeded as the 7th Marquess.

Personal life

He married Mary (3 May 1916 – 17 August 2007,

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), daughter of coal miner John Burn, of Amble, Northumberland, on 7 April 1954 and they had three children: *Lady Elizabeth Helen Kennedy (born 23 February 1955), married in 1976 Rev. Norman Walker Drummond , chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland * Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa (13 September 1956 – 15 January 2015), died unmarried * David Thomas Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa (born 3 July 1958)

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* 1925 births 1994 deaths Nobility from South Ayrshire People educated at Pangbourne College Scots Guards officers Royal Scots Fusiliers officers British Army personnel of World War II

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