About Henry Ernest Kendall
Lived 1864 – 1949 (aged 85). Henry Ernest Kendall was a Canadian politician.
Henry Ernest Kendall (April 29, 1864 – September 2, 1949) was a Canadian physician and politician who served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1942 to 1947.
Biography Kendall was the son of Samuel Frederick Kendall of Bristol, England and Emily Long of London. The couple settled in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1857. Kendall, a member and pastor of the Plymouth Brethren, established the Union Church on Mitchell Island in 1866.
Kendall was widowed in June, 1909 following the death of his wife, Ida B Burchell. Ida's parents were George Burchell and Louisa Lorway from Sydney, Nova Scotia. In 1913, he married Margaret McLennan, daughter of John Stewart McLennan, an industrialist who would be appointed to the Senate of Canada several years later. Kendall became a hockey great in his adopted home in Australia.
His daughter, Helen Kendall, was a military nurse who was one of 446 Canadians awarded a Royal Red Cross for her service in World War I.
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Who was Henry Ernest Kendall?
Canadian politician (1864-1949)
When was Henry Ernest Kendall born?
Henry Ernest Kendall was born on 18 May 1864 in Sydney.
When did Henry Ernest Kendall die?
Henry Ernest Kendall died on 25 August 1949 in Windsor.
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Henry Ernest Kendall was a politician.
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Henry Ernest Kendall was Canadian.
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