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Coleridge Kennard (politician)

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Coleridge Kennard
Member of Parliament
for Salisbury
In office
20 November 1882 – 26 November 1885
Preceded byWilliam Grenfell
John Passmore Edwards
Succeeded byWilliam Grenfell
Personal details
Born6 October 1828
Died25 December 1890(1890-12-25) (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Ellen Georgiana Rowe
(m. 1858)
ChildrenTwo
Parent(s)John Peirse Kennard
Sophia Chapman
Residence(s)Fernhill, Hampshire

Coleridge John Kennard (6 October 1828 – 25 December 1890)[1] 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.[2][3][4]

He first stood for election in Salisbury 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.[5]

Just prior to his death, Kennard was expected to be created a baronet. However, upon his death, his grandson Coleridge Kennard received the title.[6]

During his life, he was Deputy Lieutenant of London and a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire.[6] He was a managing director of Heywood, Kennard and Co. bank, and co-founder of the Evening News.[7][3]

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.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
  2. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, 1938, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 1422
  3. ^ a b Modern English Biography vol II, I-Q, Frederic Boase, Netherton & Worth, 1897, p. 193
  4. ^ "Chapman, Sir John (1773 - 1849)".
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ a b c "Coleridge John Kennard". The Peerage. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  7. ^ 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
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Salisbury
18821885
With: John Passmore Edwards
Next:
William Grenfell