Edmund Hegan Kennard
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Colonel Edmund Hegan Kennard VD
FRGS (14 October 1834 - 9 July 1912) was an English Conservative
politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1885.
Kennard was the son of John Peirse Kennard and his wife Sophia Chapman. He was educated at Oxford University and became captain in the 8th Hussars.
At the 1868 general election
Kennard was elected Member of Parliament
(MP) for Beverley
. The election was declared void on 11 Mar 1869. No writ was issued to replace the members and the constituency was disenfranchised by an Act which received Royal assent on 4 July 1870. Kennard was elected MP for Lymington
in 1874 and held the seat until 1885.
Kennard became Honorary Colonel of the 15th Middlesex Reserve Volunteers and was ADC the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Kennard lived at Great Tangley Manor, Guildford, Surrey, where he died at the age of 77 on 9 July 1912.
Kennard married Agnes Hegan, daughter of Joseph Hegan, in January 1868. Their daughter Victoria married Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby
.
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FRGS (14 October 1834 - 9 July 1912) was an English Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1885.
Kennard was the son of John Peirse Kennard and his wife Sophia Chapman. He was educated at Oxford University and became captain in the 8th Hussars.
At the 1868 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1868
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...
Kennard was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Beverley
Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)
Beverley has been the name of a parliamentary constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for three separate periods. From medieval times until 1869, it was a parliamentary borough, consisting solely of the market town of Beverley, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons...
. The election was declared void on 11 Mar 1869. No writ was issued to replace the members and the constituency was disenfranchised by an Act which received Royal assent on 4 July 1870. Kennard was elected MP for Lymington
Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)
Lymington was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-1584-1640:- 1640-1868 :...
in 1874 and held the seat until 1885.
Kennard became Honorary Colonel of the 15th Middlesex Reserve Volunteers and was ADC the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Kennard lived at Great Tangley Manor, Guildford, Surrey, where he died at the age of 77 on 9 July 1912.
Kennard married Agnes Hegan, daughter of Joseph Hegan, in January 1868. Their daughter Victoria married Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby
Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby
Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby GCB GCVO PC , was a British soldier and courtier.Ponsonby was the second son of General Sir Henry Ponsonby and his wife the Hon. Mary Elizabeth...
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