Myles Burton Kennedy
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Myles Burton Kennedy was a Furness
ironmaster
, proprietor of Roanhead
mines and chairman of the North Lonsdale Iron & Steel Co.
before 1857. By then he had taken leases on Green Haume, Mackinnon and Roanhead
mines. Greenhaume was soon exhausted and the lease on Askham mine was not renewed but Roanhead was a winner.
The first Myles Kenedy was born at Fair View in 1835. He was educated at the Royal School of Mines. He married Margaret Rowley in 1861 and had 15 children.. He was also a captain in the volunteer corps.
Charles Storr Kennedy died in 1857 and his sons Charles Burton and Myles carried on the business as "Kennedy Brothers". CB Kennedy died in 1865. His brother built Stone Cross in 1874 and was made vice chairman of the North Lonsdale Ironworks Co at its inauguration in 1873. He died in 1883.
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He was a commander in the volunteer corps and managed a shooting range at Sandscale Haws
He ordered the J class yacht White Heather II fromWilliam Fife
in 1907.
Furness
Furness is a peninsula in south Cumbria, England. At its widest extent, it is considered to cover the whole of North Lonsdale, that part of the Lonsdale hundred that is an exclave of the historic county of Lancashire, lying to the north of Morecambe Bay....
ironmaster
Ironmaster
An ironmaster is the manager – and usually owner – of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain....
, proprietor of Roanhead
Roanhead
Roanhead refers to the limestone outcrop of Roanhead Crag and the farmland behind it, but in recent years the term has been taken to mean the sandy beaches ajoining Sandscale Haws extending to Snab Point, and as this meaning is used on official websites, it must be accepted.The Irish Sea lies to...
mines and chairman of the North Lonsdale Iron & Steel Co.
Parentage
Myles B Kennedy's grandfather was Charles Storr Kennedy who, with Henry Kennedy of Brighton held 4 X 1/18th shares in the Ulverston Mining Company when it was established in 1838. CS Kennedy's shares were sold to Alexander BrogdenAlexander Brogden
Alexander Brogden was born in Manchester on 3 November 1825, the second son of John Brogden and educated at Blackburn, New College Manchester and King's College London, where he read mathematics. He married Anne Garstang on 6 September 1848 at Manchester Cathedral. He joined his father’s...
before 1857. By then he had taken leases on Green Haume, Mackinnon and Roanhead
Roanhead
Roanhead refers to the limestone outcrop of Roanhead Crag and the farmland behind it, but in recent years the term has been taken to mean the sandy beaches ajoining Sandscale Haws extending to Snab Point, and as this meaning is used on official websites, it must be accepted.The Irish Sea lies to...
mines. Greenhaume was soon exhausted and the lease on Askham mine was not renewed but Roanhead was a winner.
The first Myles Kenedy was born at Fair View in 1835. He was educated at the Royal School of Mines. He married Margaret Rowley in 1861 and had 15 children.. He was also a captain in the volunteer corps.
Charles Storr Kennedy died in 1857 and his sons Charles Burton and Myles carried on the business as "Kennedy Brothers". CB Kennedy died in 1865. His brother built Stone Cross in 1874 and was made vice chairman of the North Lonsdale Ironworks Co at its inauguration in 1873. He died in 1883.
Career
On the death of his father, Myles Burton inherited the firm of Kennedy Brothers He was appointed to the board of the North Lonsdale ironworks in 1889 and later became chairman. He was managing owner of the steam ketch "Harvest" from 1890. On his death he was succeeded as proprietor of Roanhead mines by his son, NigelNigel Kennedy (politician)
Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy was a British barrister, army officer, and politician. He served a single term in Parliament as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament , but never contributed to any debate. He was a member of Lancashire County Council for nearly twenty years...
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Other Interests
As Wor Bro. Myles Kennedy, PM, PPCV, he laid the foundation stone of Ulverston masonic lodge on 31st Oct. 1905. He was a JP and opened the coronation hall in 1904He was a commander in the volunteer corps and managed a shooting range at Sandscale Haws
Sandscale Haws
Sandscale Haws is a National Nature Reserve on the Duddon Estuary, Cumbria, England. It is managed by the National Trust. The reserve's sand dunes support a population of Natterjack Toads, a species which is nationally rare in Britain....
He ordered the J class yacht White Heather II fromWilliam Fife
William Fife
William Fife III OBE , also known as Wm. Fife, Jr., was the third generation of a family of Scottish yacht designers and builders....
in 1907.