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Encyclopedia > Earl of Cassillis

The title of Marquess of Ailsa was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Cassilis (Scottish, 1509), Lord Kennedy (Scottish, 1457), and Baron Ailsa (UK, 1806).


Lords Kennedy (1457)

  • Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy (c. 1406-c. 1480)
  • John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy (d. 1508)
  • David Kennedy, 3rd Lord Kennedy (d. 1513) (became Earl of Cassilis in 1509)

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Earls of Cassilis (1509)

  • David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis (d. 1513)
  • Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (d. 1527)
  • Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis (1515-1558)
  • Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis (c. 1541-1576)
  • John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis (c. 1573-1615)
  • John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis (d. 1668)
  • John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis (d. 1701)
  • John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (1700-1759)
  • Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassilis (d. 1775)
  • David Kennedy, 10th Earl of Cassilis (d. 1792)
  • Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis (d. 1794)
  • Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis (1770-1846) (became Marquess of Ailsa in 1831)

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Marquesses of Ailsa (1831)

  • Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa (1770-1846)
  • Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa (1816-1870)
  • Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1847-1938)
  • Archibald Kennedy, 4th Marquess of Ailsa (1872-1943)
  • Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa (1875-1956)
  • Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa (1882-1957)
  • Archibald David Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa (1925-1994)
  • Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa (b. 1956)

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Kennedy - LoveToKnow 1911 (835 words)
A certain Duncan who became earl of Carrick early in the 13th century is possibly an ancestor of the Kennedys, but a more certain ancestor is John Kennedy of Dunure, who obtained Cassillis and other lands in Ayrshire about 1350.
One of Gilbert Kennedy's sons was the poet, Walter Kennedy, and his grandson David, third Lord Kennedy (killed at Flodden, 1513), was created earl of Cassillis before 15ro; David's sister 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 December 1527.
Cassillis (6607 words)
And thus the earl obtained, in the indignant words of the describer of the scene, ‘a fyve yeare tack and a 19 yeare tack, and a charter of feu of all the landis of Croceraguall, with the clausses necessaire for the erle to haist him to hell.
This earl is remarkable chiefly for the slaughter of Gilbert Kennedy of Bargany.
When the earl of Cassillis offered for her, the match was esteemed so advantageous that she was commanded by her father to break off her former engagement; but she arranged with her lover that he should go to the continent, under a solemn pledge that he would return in a few months.
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