Equestrian portrait by Charles Lutyens (1863–64)

Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa, KT (25 August 1816 – 20 March 1870) was a Scottish peer and soldier.

Life

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 nine years later.[citation needed]

Family

On 10 November 1846, Kennedy married Julia Jephson, daughter of Sir Richard Jephson, 1st Baronet, and had by her three sons and three daughters:

References

  1. ^ a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London, UK: Whitaker and Co. p. 85.
  2. ^ 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.

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Honorary titles Preceded byThe Earl of Eglinton Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire 1861 – 1870 Succeeded byThe Earl of Stair Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byArchibald Kennedy Marquess of Ailsa 1846 – 1870 Succeeded byAngus Kennedy


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