Kennedy baronets of Culzean (1682)
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The Kennedy baronetcy, of Culzean in the County of Ayr, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 December 1682 for Archibald Kennedy. He was the great-grandson of Sir Thomas Kennedy, Master of Cassilis, younger son of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis. The 4th Baronet succeeded to the earldom of Cassilis in 1759.[1]
Susanna, Countess of Eglinton, daughter of the 1st Baronet, was a celebrated beauty and literary patron.
Kennedy baronets, of Culzean (1682)
[edit]- Sir Archibald Kennedy, 1st Baronet (died 1710)[1]
- Sir John Kennedy, 2nd Baronet (died 1742)[1]
- Sir John Kennedy, 3rd Baronet (died 1744)[1]
- Sir Thomas Kennedy, 4th Baronet, later became the 9th Earl of Cassilis (died 1775, unmarried)[1]
The baronetcy remained a subsidiary title of the earldom, until the baronetcy became extinct in 1792. See Marquess of Ailsa for further history of the baronetcy.