Family/Spouse: Amelia Maria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 05 Oct 1878, 47 Brook Street, London
• Occupation: 10 Feb 1885; Secretary of Embassy, St. Petersburgh
• Occupation: 1911; Retired Envoy Extraodinary Minister and Plenipotentiary in the Diplomatic Service

Notes:

--- "Wells Journal" 18 June 1891, page 2, column 2:
Everyone amongst the very numerous friends of Mr. John Gordon Kennedy, British Minister in Chili, and of Mrs. Kennedy, will regret the burning of the British Legation House at Santiago. All their friends and the public in general will equally rejoice at their narrow escape from the fire with their lives. It was an incident of civil war. Mrs. Kennedy is sister to the Duchess of Seroneta, who some years ago, before the death of her father-in-law, was one of the foremost leaders of society in Rome, her then title being Princess Teano. Her husband, now the Duke of Sermoneta, is President of the Royal Geographical Society of Italy. Mr. Kennedy, who had fortunately left his children in England before his departure for Chili, will, of course, receive compensation from the Treasury for the actual pecuniary loss that he has sustained.

John married Evelyn Adela Bootle-Wilbraham on 30 Oct 1877. Evelyn (daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham and Emily Ramsbottom) was born on 8 May 1850 in Marylebone, London; was christened on 18 Jun 1850 in St. Margaret's, Westminster, London; died on 28 Nov 1939 in Hambrook House, Chichester, West Sussex; was buried on 1 Dec 1939 in Holy Trinity, Cuckfield, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Service: Lieutenant Transport Officer (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Notes:

--- "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer" 21 Nov 1914, page 6:
OFFICERS WHO HAVE FALLEN
The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn states that a German officer has written to inform her that her son, Capt. Lord John Hamilton, of the Irish Guards, was killed on November 9, while leading a charge. The War Office have no confirmation of his death. Lord John Hamilton is the second surviving son of the second Duke of Abercorn, and brother of the present Duke. He was born in 1883, and was educated at Wellington College. He received his captaincy in the Irish Guards in 1909, and in 1913 became captain of the Reserve Battalion. In the latter year he was appointed Deputy Master of His Majesty's Household. In December, 1910, he unsuccessfully contested the North Tyrone Division in the Conservative interest.

Captain Archibald Edward Kennedy, the eldest son of the late Sir John Gordon Kennedy, of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and of Lady Kennedy, lost his life at Le Cateau, but his name has not yet appeared in the official list of casulties. He joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1900, and was with his regiment in India and South Africa.

--- "Hastings and St. Leonards Observer" 21 Nov 1914, page 7, column 2:
CASUALTIES & INTERVIEWS
LADY KENNEDY'S SON KILLED
It is announced that Captain Archibald Edward Kennedy, of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, has been killed in the trenches at Le Cateau.

He was the eldest son of the late Sir John G. Kennedy, K.C.M.G., and Lady Kennedy (who till recently RESIded at Holmhurst, St. Helen's Park). He was born in 1878, and educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. He joined the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders in 1900, and was with his regiment in India and South Africa. He qualified in a course of instruction at the London School of Economics, and was gazetted Captain in July, 1912. He was officially reported missing after the Battle of Cambrai-Le Cateau, but information has now been received that he was killed in the last burst of firing before the few survivors of his company were surrounded by the enemy on the evening of August 26th. A memorial service will be held at St. Peter's, Cranley-gardens, at 11.30, to-day (Saturday).

Kathleen married Lionel Lindsay on 25 Oct 1921 in St. Peter's Church, Cranley Gardens, London. Lionel (son of Earl of Crawford James Ludovic Lindsay and Emily Florence Bootle-Wilbraham) was born on 20 Jul 1879; died on 18 Aug 1965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1911; Journalist on Staff of The Times (Census)

Notes:

--- Captain, The Prince Constort's Own Rifle Brigade. Killed in Action.

--- "Dundee Evening Telegraph" 19 May 1915, page 4, column 1:
CAPTAIN KENNEDY, RIFLE BRIGADE
Captain Paul Adrian Kennedy, 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade (killed in action on May 9 at Aubers Ridge), was born in 1886. Captain Kennedy belonged to the family of the Marquis of Ailsa. He was the third son of the late Sir John Gordon Kennedy, K.C.M.G., British Minister to Roumania, and of Lady Kennedy (now of 56 Cranley Gardens, London). She was Evelyn Bootle Wilbraham, niece of the first Earl of Lathom, and sister of the Dowager Countess of Crawford and Balcarres. Captain Kennedy was wounded last September, and his eldest brother was killed in action inn August. Sir John Kennedy's grandfather was the third son of the eleventh Earl of Cassillis and the brother of the twelfth Earl, who was created Marquis of Ailsa. Captain Kennedy was the cousin of the present and 27th Earl of Crawford.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1911; Undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford

Notes:

--- Captain, The Prince Constort's Own Rifle Brigade, 5th Battalion. Killed in Action.

--- "Dundee Evening Telegraph" 18 Feb 1916, page 4, column 3:
MR. KENNEDY, RIFLE BRIGADE
Lieutenant John Patrick Francis Kennedy, 5th, attached 2d Rifle Brigate (wounded in France), is a cousin of the Marquis of Ailsa. He was born in September, 1891. Mr. Kennedy is the youngest son of the late Sir John Gordon Kennedy, British Minister to Roumania, by his marriage with Evelyn (now of 50 Cranley Gardens, London), daughter of Color the Hon. Edward Bootle Wilbraham. Lady Kennedy is the sister of the Dowager-Countess of Crawford and Balcarres. Two of Mr. Kennedy's brothers have been killed in the present war.