Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa (born 13 September 1956), is a Scottish peer, the son of Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald David Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa, OBE, DL was a Scottish peer, the son of Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa....

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Lord Ailsa married Dawn Leslie Anne Keen in 1979; they have two children:

• Lady Rosemary Margaret Kennedy (b. 1979)
• Lady Alicia-Jane Lesley Kennedy (b. 1981)

Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa succeeded to the titles of 19th Earl of Cassilis, 21st Lord Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa

Marquess of Ailsa

Marquess of Ailsa, of the Isle of Ailsa in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 10 September 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassillis. The title Earl of Cassillis had been created in 1509 for the 3rd Lord Kennedy. This title had been...

 & 8th Baron Ailsa on 7 April 1994.

The Marquess of Ailsa is the hereditary Clan Chief

Scottish clan chief

The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. In early times, and possibly even today, clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the Scottish clan. From its perceived founder a clan takes its name. The clan chief is the representative of this founder, and...

 of Clan Kennedy

Clan Kennedy

Clan Kennedy is a Scottish clan and an Irish surname.-Origins:The Kennedys had their home territory in Carrick in Ayrshire, in southwestern Scotland. Originally they were of Pictish/Norse stock from the Western Isles. In the fifteenth century, one Ulric Kennedy fled Ayrshire to Lochaber in the...

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The heir presumptive is Lord David Thomas Kennedy (b. 1958).

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