Coleridge John Kennard (6 October 1828 – 25 December 1890) was a
Conservative Party politician.
Kennard was the third son of banker John Peirse Kennard, of Hordle Cliff, Hampshire, and Sophia, daughter of Sir John Chapman, M.D., F.R.C.S., of Windsor.
[Modern English Biography vol II, I-Q, Frederic Boase, Netherton & Worth, 1897, p. 193]
He first stood for election in
Salisbury
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in 1880 but was unsuccessful. However, he was then elected MP for the constituency at a
by-election in 1882, but lost the seat when it was reduced to one member in 1885.
Just prior to his death, Kennard was expected to be created a baronet. However, upon his death, his grandson
Coleridge Kennard received
the title
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.
During his life, he was Deputy Lieutenant of London and a
Justice of the Peace for Hampshire.
He was a managing director of Heywood, Kennard and Co. bank, and co-founder of the
Evening News.
[Prancing novelist: a defence of fiction in the form of a critical biography in praise of Ronald Firbank, Brigid Brophy, Barnes & Noble Books, 1973, p. 268]
Kennard married Ellen Georgiana Rowe, daughter of Captain John Wilkinson Rowe,
H.E.I.C.S. in 1858. Together, they had at least two children: Meredyth Sophia Frances, and Hugh Coleridge Downing.
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Deputy lieutenants of the County of London
UK MPs 1880–1885
1828 births
1890 deaths
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