Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 19th Earl of Cassillis, 21st Lord Kennedy, 8th Baron Ailsa (13 September 1956 – 15 January 2015), known as Charles Ailsa, was a Scottish peer and hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.

He was a member of the House of Lords from 1994 to 1999.

Early life

The future Lord Ailsa was born on 13 September 1956 in Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, the elder of the two sons of Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa, and his wife Mary Burn. He grew up in Cassillis House, another family seat, and was educated at Strathallan School, where he studied forestry and farming. However, this was not the case. An alcoholic, he had inherited from his father only the peerages and the island, which his father had believed he would never sell. But in 2011, the 8th Marquess put Ailsa Craig up for sale, with an asking price of £2,500,000. As of March 2013, it was unsold and the price was "offers over £1,500,000".

Ancestry