KENNEDY
, the name of a famous and powerful Scottish See also:family See also:long settled in See also:Ayrshire, derived probably from the name See also:Kenneth
.
Its See also:chief seat is at Culzean, or Colzean, near See also:Maybole in Ayrshire
.
A certain See also:Duncan who became See also:earl of Carrick See also:early in the 13th See also:century is possibly an ancestor of the Kennedys, but a more certain ancestor is See also:John Kennedy of Dunure, who obtained Cassillis and other lands in Ayrshire about 1350
.
John's descendant, See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Kennedy, married See also:Mary, a daughter of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Robert III. and their son, Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert Kennedy, was created See also:Lord Kennedy before 1458
.
Another son was James Kennedy (c
.
1406-1465), See also:bishop of St See also:Andrews from 1441 until his See also:death in See also:July 1465
.
The bishop founded and endowed St Salvator's See also:college at St Andrews and built a large and famous See also:ship called the " St Salvator." See also:Andrew See also:Lang (See also:History of See also:Scotland, vol. i.) says of him, " The See also:chapel which he built for his college is still thronged by the See also:scarlet gowns of his students; his arms endure on the oaken doors; the beautiful See also:silver See also:mace of his See also:gift, wrought in See also:Paris, and representing all orders of See also:spirits in the universe, is one of the few remaining See also:relics of See also:ancient Scottish See also:plate." Before the bishop had begun to assist in ruling Scotland, a kinsman, Sir See also:Hugh Kennedy, had helped See also:Joan of Arc to drive the See also:English from See also:France
.
One of Gilbert Kennedy's sons was the poet, See also:Walter Kennedy (q.v.), and his See also:grandson See also:David, third Lord Kennedy (killed at See also:Flodden, 1513), was created earl of Cassillis before 1510; David's See also:sister See also:Janet Kennedy was one of the mistresses of James IV
.
The earl was succeeded by his son Gilbert, a prominent figure in the history of Scotland from 1513 until he was killed at Prestwick on the 22nd of See also:December 1527
.
His son Gilbert, the 3rd earl (c
.
1517-1558), was educated by See also:George See also:Buchanan, and was a prisoner in See also:England after the rout of Solway See also:Moss in 154.2
.
He was soon released and was lord high treasurer of Scotland from 1554 to 1558, although he had been intriguing with the English and had offered to kill See also:Cardinal See also:Beaton in the interests of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII
.
He died somewhat mysteriously at See also:Dieppe See also:late in 1558 when returning from Paris, where he had attended the See also:marriage of Mary See also:Queen of Scots, and the dauphin of France
.
He was the See also:father of the " king of Carrick " and the See also:brother of Quintin Kennedy (1520-1564), See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of Crossraguel
.
Theabbot wrote several See also:works defending the doctrines of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, and in 1562 had a public discussion on these questions with John See also:Knox, which took See also:place at Maybole and lasted for three days
.
He died on the 22nd of See also:August 1564
.
Gilbert Kennedy, 4th earl of Cassillis (c
.
1541-1576), called the " king of Carrick," became a See also:protestant, but fought for Queen Mary at Langside in 1568
.
He is better known through his cruel treatment of See also:Allan See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, the commendator abbot of Crossraguel, Stewart being badly burned by the earl's orders at Dunure in 1570 in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to compel him to renounce his See also:title to the See also:abbey lands which had been seized by Cassillis
.
This " ane werry greedy See also:man " died at See also:Edinburgh in December 1576
.
His son John (c
.
1567-1615), who became the 5th earl, was lord high treasurer of Scotland in 1599 and his lifetime witnessed the See also:culmination of a See also:great See also:feud between the See also:senior and a younger See also:branch of the Kennedy family
.
He was succeeded as 6th earl by his See also:nephew John (c
.
1595-1668), called " the See also:grave and See also:solemn earl." A strong presbyterian, John was one of the leaders of the Scots in their resistance to See also:Charles I
.
In 1643 he went to the See also:Westminster See also:Assembly of Divines and several times he was sent on See also:missions to Charles I. and to Charles II.; for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he was lord See also:justice See also:general and he was a member of See also:Cromwell's See also:House of Lords
.
His son, John, became the 7th earl, and one of his daughters, See also:Margaret, married Gilbert See also:Burnet, afterwards bishop of See also:Salisbury
.
His first wife, See also:Jean (1607-1642), daughter of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton, 1st earl of See also:Haddington, has been regarded as the heroine of the ballad " The Gypsie Laddie," but this identity is now completely disproved
.
John, the 7th earl, " the See also:heir," says Burnet, " to his father's stiffness, but not to his other virtues," supported the revolution of 1688 and died on the 23rd of July 1701; his grandson John, the 8th earl, died without sons in August 1759
.
The titles and estates of the Kennedys were now claimed by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Douglas, afterwards See also:duke of See also:Queensberry, a great-grandson in the See also:female See also:line of the 7th earl and also by Sir Thomas Kennedy, See also:Bart., of Culzean, a descendant of the 3rd earl, i.e. by the heir general and the heir male
.
In See also:January 1762 the House of Lords decided in favour of the heir male, and Sir Thomas became the 9th earl of Cassillis
.
He died unmarried on the 30th of See also:November 1775, and his brother David, the loth earl, also died unmarried on the 18th of December 1792, when the baronetcy became See also:extinct
.
The earldom of Cassillis now passed to a See also:cousin, See also:Archibald Kennedy, a See also:captain in the royal See also:navy, whose father, Archibald Kennedy (d
.
1763), had migrated to See also:America in 1722 and had become See also:collector of customs in New See also:York
.
His son, the 11th earl, had estates in New See also:Jersey and married an See also:American heiress; in 1765 he was said to own more houses in New York than any one else
.
He died in See also:London on the 3oth of December 1794, and was succeeded by his son Archibald (1770-1846), who was created See also:Baron Ailsa in 1806 and See also:marquess of Ailsa in 1831
.
His great-grandson Archibald (b
.
1847) became 3rd marquess
.
See the See also:article in vol. ii. of Sir R
.
Douglas's See also:Peerage of Scotland, edited by Sir J
.
B
.
See also:Paul (1905)
.
This is written by Lord Ailsa's son and heir, Archibald Kennedy, earl of Cassillis (b
.
1872)
.
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