John
Kennedy Fifth Earl of Cassilis
formerly Kennedy
Born about in Cassilis, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Gilbert (Kennedy) Kennedy Fourth Earl of Cassillis
and Margaret (Lyon) Lyon Marchioness of Hamilton
Brother of
Margaret Hamilton [half], Gilbert Kennedy, Hew Kennedy, John (Hamilton) Hamilton of Lettrick [half], James (Hamilton) Hamilton Second Marquess of Hamilton [half] and Edward Hamilton [half]
Husband of
Jean (Fleming) Kennedy
— married
4 Nov 1597 [location unknown]
Died about
at about age 40
in Scotland
Profile last modified
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| Preceded by Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassillis |
5th Earl of Cassillis 1576-1615 |
Succeeded by John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassillis |
Biography
John (Kennedy) Kennedy Fifth Earl of Cassilis is Notable.
John Kennedy, the son of Gilbert Kennedy 4th Earl of Cassillis and his wife, Margaret Lyon, was born about 1568.[1]
He succeeded to the titles of 7th Lord Kennedy and 5th Earl of Cassillis on 14 December 1576 when he was only eight years old.[1]
He married Jean Fleming, (widow of John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane), on 4 November 1597. [1]
Thanks to the influence of his wife, John Kennedy was appointed to the post of High Treasurer of Scotland in April 1599 but only held the office for a few weeks.[1]
On 1 November 1604 he was warded in Blackness Castle for assaulting his wife.[1]
John Kennedy died without issue, between October and November 1615[1] [2] and was succeeded by his nephew, John
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905, Vol. II, Archive.org, pp 475-477
- ↑ The Complete Peerage; 1st Edn; Vol 2; p 174; https://archive.org/details/completepeerage02cokahrish/page/n173
See also:
- Wikipedia: John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis
- Wikidata: Item Q6242822, en:Wikipedia
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William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 2nd Bt
Aleš Trtnik
Kennedy-6083 and Kennedy-4905 appear to represent the same person because: Same person: Deducted from wikidata.
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LNAB Kennedy
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