Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1 September 1847 – 9 April 1938) was a Scottish peer, the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa.

As a young man he served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards.

He succeeded to the titles of 14th Earl of Cassilis, 16th Lord Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa & 3rd Baron Ailsa on 20 March 1870.

In 1885 he founded the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company.

He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire between 1919 and 1937.

Marriage and children

He married (1) on 7 March 1871, Hon. Evelyn Stuart, daughter of Charles Stuart, 12th Lord Blantyre. They had five children:

• Archibald Kennedy, 4th Marquess of Ailsa (1872–1943)
• Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa (1875–1956)
• Lady Evelyn Kennedy (1876–1886)
• Lady Aline Kennedy (1877–1957), married in 1901 John Edward Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine (1878–1946)
• Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa (1882–1957)

He married (2), on 3 November 1891, Isabella MacMaster, and they had two children:

• Lt.-Col. Lord Hugh Kennedy (1895–1970)
• Lady Marjory Kennedy (b. 4 September 1898)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Eglinton	Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire 1919–1937	Succeeded by Sir Charles Fergusson, Bt
Preceded by The Marquess of Huntly	Father of the House of Lords 1937–1938	Succeeded by The Lord Grantley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Archibald Kennedy	Marquess of Ailsa 1870–1938	Succeeded by Archibald Kennedy
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Archibald Kennedy	Earl of Cassilis 1870–1938	Succeeded by Archibald Kennedy