KENNEDY, Sir Arthur Edward (4 son of Hugh Kennedy of Cultra, co. Down). b. 9 April 1810; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; ensign 11 foot 15 Aug. 1827, lieut. 1832 to 1840; captain unattached 12 June 1840; captain 68 foot 19 March 1841 to April 1848; poor law inspector for Ireland 1846–51; governor of the Gambia 25 May 1852, of Sierra Leone 13 Sep. 1852, of Western Australia June 1855 to 17 Feb. 1862, of Vancouver’s Island 4 Dec. 1863, of West African settlements 15 Jany. 1868 to 1872; governor and commander in chief of Hong Kong 20 Feb. 1872, of Queensland 6 Jany. 1877 to death; C.B. 23 July 1862; knighted at Osborne 20 Dec. 1867; K.C.M.G. 29 Sep. 1871, G.C.M.G. 24 May 1881. d. off Aden in the Red Sea, on his way to England 3 June 1883.
KENNEDY, Benjamin Hall (eld. son of rev. Rann Kennedy 1772–1851, P.C. of St. Paul’s, Birmingham). b. Summerhill, Birm. 6 Nov. 1804; ed. at Birm. gr. sch., Shrewsbury and St. John’s coll. Camb.; B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830, D.D. 1836; fellow of his coll. 1828–36, hon. fellow 1880–85 and fellow again 1885; a master at Harrow 1830–36; head master of Shrewsbury 1836 to June 1866; the greatest classical teacher of his day; preb. of Lichfield 1843–1867; select pr. in univ. of Camb. 1860; R. of West Felton, Salop 1865–67; regius professor of Greek and canon of Ely 1867 to death; took part in revision of the New Testament 1870–80; LL.D. of Dublin univ. 1885; author of Elementary Latin grammar 1843 on which was founded The public school Latin grammar 1871 used in nine of the chief schools in England; Sabrinæ Corolla 1850, 4 ed. 1890; The Birds of Aristophanes translated into English verse 1874; Between whiles or wayside amusements of a working life 1877, 2 ed. 1882; Pauline Christology 1883. d. Shiphay house near Torquay 6 April 1889. Classical Review, iii 226–7, 278–81 (1889); Biograph, iv 229–30 (1880).
KENNEDY, Charles Rann (brother of preceding). b. Birmingham 1808; ed. at Shrewsbury, Birm. gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Camb.; scholar 1829, fellow 1831, senior classic 1831; B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; barrister L.I. 19 Nov. 1835; professor of law Queen’s coll. Birmingham 1849–56; applied to be allowed to join Midland circuit, the mess refused his request 1850; adviser of Mrs. Swinfen the plaintiff in case of Swinfen v. Swinfen, brought action against her for £20,000 for his services, and obtained a verdict, but the common pleas decided that a barrister could not sue for his fees 1863; author of Translation of Select speeches of Demosthenes 1841; Poems, original and translated 1843; New rules for pleading 1838, 2 ed. 1841; A treatise on annuities 1846. d. Birmingham 17 Dec. 1867. Law Journal, ii 557, 571 (1867); J. Scott’s Common Bench Reports, xiii 677–742 (1863); C. Beavan’s Chancery Reports, xxxiii 133–54 (1865).
KENNEDY, David (son of David Kennedy, weaver and precentor, d. 1874). b. Perth 15 April 1825; apprenticed to a painter 1841; a painter at Perth; precentor of Nicholson st. United Presbyterian ch. Edin.; began a series of weekly concerts 1859; first appeared in London at Hanover sq. rooms 1862; gave 100 concerts in Egyptian hall Dec. 1862 to May 1863; sang in Canada and United States 1866–9; made a tour round the world with his family 1872–6; toured in G.B. and Ireland 1876–9, South Africa 1879, India 1879–80, Canada 1881, United States and Australia 1882–4; had a rich tenor voice and was an effective reader and declaimer; lost 3 children in the fire at the theatre at Nice 23 March 1881, namely James baritone singer aged 25, Kate contralto aged 20 and Elizabeth soprano aged 18; author of Book of words of Mr. Kennedy’s Entertainment on the songs of Scotland 1866; Kennedy’s Colonial travel. A narrative of a four years tour through Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc. 1876; Kennedy at the Cape, a tour through Cape Colony, the Orange Free state, the Diamond fields and Natal 1879. d. Stratford, Ontario 12 Oct. 1886. Life of D. Kennedy (1887), portrait.
KENNEDY, Hugh A. Chess player; played with Popert, Staunton and Walker; in London tournament 1851 took 6th prize; played at Leamington 28 June 1855; chairman of the British chess association meeting at Bristol 10 Sep. 1861; author of Waifs and strays chiefly from the chess-board 1862, 2 ed. 1876. d. 22 Oct. 1878. Westminster Papers, Dec. 1878 p. 165; I.L.N. 14 June 1855 pp. 43, 44, portrait; Illust. News of the World 14 Sep. 1861 p. 164, portrait.
KENNEDY, James. b. 1785; ed. at univ. of Glasgow, M.D. 1813; physician to the Loughborough dispensary; practised at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, retired from practice 1842 and lived at Woodhouse near Loughborough 1842 to death; occupied for many years in compiling a bibliography of medical treatises with biographies of their authors, which he did not live to print; published A dissertation on the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the human tongue 1813; Instruction to mothers and nurses on the management of children Glasgow 1825; Lecture on Asiatic cholera 1832. d. 24 Great Russell st. Bloomsbury, London 9 May 1851 aged 66.
KENNEDY, James. Barrister L.I. 10 July 1821; M.P. for Tiverton 12 Dec. 1832, unseated on petition; M.P. for Tiverton again 24 May 1833 to May 1835; judge of mixed commission for protection of slaves at Havanah 10 Feb. 1837 to 14 Dec. 1852 when superannuated; author of England and Venice compared. An argument on the policy of England towards her colonies 1827; Selections from the poems of J. M. Heredia, with translations 1844; Modern poets and poetry of Spain 1852; Ethnological and philological essays 1855; Essays, ethnological and linguistic 1861. d. Liddiard house, Grove ter. Notting hill, London 15 May 1859.
KENNEDY, James. b. 1778 or 1779; entered Bengal army 1797; colonel 5 Bengal light cavalry 26 Dec. 1832 to 1858, col. 5 European light cavalry 1858–9; C.B. 20 July 1838; commanded Benares division 20 March 1847 to 26 June 1852; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. Benares 25 Sep. 1859.
KENNEDY, James. b. Dundee 1801; shoemaker; schoolmaster in the Carse of Gowrie, at Carnoustie and at Lochee; manager of the Tay and Tyne shipping co. to his death, member of town council from 1851 for many years; dean of guild 1861, re-elected 3 times; sec. and manager of Dundee property investment co. from its formation; lectured at the Watt Institution. d. Dundee 25 July 1867. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) 295–6.
KENNEDY, James. b. June 1803; M.R.C.S. 1828; author of The history of the contagious cholera with facts explanatory of its origin and laws and of a method of cure 1831, 3 ed. 1832; Medical monopolies with a plan of reform. d. 17 Tavistock sq. London 1868. bur. Highgate cemetery.