David Kennedy, 10th Earl of Cassilis (bef. 1734 – 18 December 1792), was a Scottish peer, the third son of Sir John Kennedy, 2nd Baronet. He succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his elder brother, the 9th Earl, who had died without male issue.

He succeeded to the titles of 10th Earl of Cassilis, 12th Lord Kennedy and 5th Baronet

Baronet

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 Kennedy on 30 November 1775. He held the office of representative peer

Representative peer

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 (Scotland) between 1776 and 1790. Lord Cassilis never married, and the baronetcy became extinct on his death; the other titles passed to a distant cousin. It was the 10th Earl who ordered the rebuilding of Culzean Castle

Culzean Castle

Culzean Castle is a castle near Maybole, Carrick, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland...

 on the Ayrshire

Ayrshire

Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...

coast.