
Old photograph of cottages in Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland. A small village in the South Ayrshire area of Scotland. Located on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, Dunure is near to Maybole. Thomas Kennedy waa born in Dunure in 1673. He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Kirkhill and Dunure, Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1685 to 1687, and Agnes Halden. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and at Utrecht University, and was atted as an advocate in 1698. In 1714 he married Grizel Kynynmont, daughter of Patrick Kynynmont of Kynynmont, Fife, and widow of Sir Alexander Murray, 1st Baronet, of Melgund, Forfar. They had no children. Kennedy was joint Solicitor General for Scotland from 1709 to 1714, sharing the office with Sir James Stewart, 1st Baronet. He was appointed as Lord Advocate in March 1714, but he was dismissed in October 1714 after King George I succeeded to the19 May 1754 throne. He later supported the 2nd Duke of Argyll, who organised his return at a by-election in January 1720 as Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs. He died on 19 May 1754.
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