Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1 September 1847 – 9 April 1938) was a Scottish peer.

Early life and education Archibald was born in 1847 at Culzean Castle, the eldest of three sons born to Julia (née Jephson), Marchioness of Ailsa, and Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa. Among his siblings was Maj. Lord Alexander Kennedy, Lord John Kennedy, Lady Julia Alice Kennedy, Lady Evelyn Anne Kennedy, and Lady Constance Eleanor Kennedy.

His father was the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassillis, himself the oldest son of Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa. His mother was the second daughter of Sir Richard Jephson, 1st Baronet and the former Charlotte Rochfort Smith.

He was educated at Eton.

Career

In 1866, Kennedy joining the Coldstream Guards as an ensign. He was promoted lieutenant in 1870 and retired nine year later retired upon succeeding to the Marquessate and estates and joining the House of Lords.

At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. In his will, he left the King of the Netherlands Cup, won by his yacht Sleuthhound in 1883, to the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Personal life Isabella, Marchioness of Ailsa, née MacMaster, photographed 11 August 1902. Lord Ailsa was twice married. His first marriage took place on 7 March 1871 to Hon. Evelyn Stuart, daughter of Charles Stuart, 12th Lord Blantyre and Lady Evelyn Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (herself a daughter of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland). Together, they were the parents of five children: who married Constance Clarke, widow of Sir John Baird. Lady Evelyn Kennedy (5 April 1876 – 9 January 1886), died young Lady Aline Kennedy (31 July 1877 – 1 July 1957), married John Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine (1878–1946) in 1901. Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa (1882–1957), married Gertrude Millicent Cooper

He married secondly on 3 November 1891 to Isabella MacMaster, the only daughter of Hugh MacMaster, a market gardener of Kausani, India. Together, they had two more children: Lady Ailsa died on 9 December 1945.