Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa
Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa, KT (25 August 1816 – 20 March 1870) was a Scottish peer and soldier.
Life
[edit]Born at Dunottar, he was the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis, himself the oldest son of Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of Alexander Allardyce.[1] His father having predeceased him in 1832, Kennedy succeeded to his grandfather's titles in 1846.[1] Eleanor as Marchioness was involved with Catharine Tait's Ladies Diocesan Association visiting the poor in the City Road Workhouse.[2]
Kennedy served in the British Army as a lieutenant in the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own).[1] Having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire in 1861, an office he held until his death in a hunting accident nine years later.[3]
Marriage and issue
[edit]On 10 November 1846, Ailsa married Julia Jephson, daughter of Sir Richard Jephson, 1st Baronet, and had by her three sons and three daughters:[3]
- Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1847–1938), succeeded his father
- Lady Julia Alice Kennedy (22 November 1849 – 22 December 1936), married in 1869 Col. Robert William Web Follett. No known issue.
- Lady Evelyn Anne Kennedy (24 August 1851 – 24 January 1936), married Capt. Sir Arthur Henderson Young, 17th Governor of the Straits Settlements. Left issue.
- Lt.-Col. Lord Alexander Kennedy (6 October 1853 – 4 April 1912), who married Beatrice Gordon, daughter of George Tomline Gordon DL, JP. They had two daughters.
- Lady Constance Eleanor Kennedy (4 October 1855 – 24 October 1946), married Col. Lionel Grimston Fawkes JP. They had issue.
- Lt. Lord John Kennedy (4 April 1859 – 18 May 1895), who married Adelaide Mary Learmonth, daughter of Alexander Learmonth MP for Colchester. Left no issue.
On 4 March 1870, Ailsa was thrown from his horse while fox hunting near Craigie and suffered fatal head injuries.[4] He died 16 days later at Culzean Castle.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London, UK: Whitaker and Co. p. 85.
- ^ Poole, Andrea Geddes (2014). Philanthropy and the Construction of Victorian Women's Citizenship: Lady Frederick Cavendish and Miss Emma Cons. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-9354-8.
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 56. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "Serious Accident to the Marquess of Ailsa". Perthshire Advertiser. 10 March 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Death of to the Marquess of Ailsa". Perthshire Advertiser. 24 March 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
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