Aubrey Leo Kennedy^[1]

1885 - 1965  (80 years)

• Birth	6 Feb 1885
  Academic degree	Master of Arts (MA) from Oxfordshire
  Occupation / Profession	- Scots Guards - Served in World War I: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), Intelligence Corps and Captain in the Scots Guards - Author
  Occupation / Profession	From 1910 to 1914 (24 years old)
  	With The Times
  Occupation / Profession	From 1919 to 1942 (33 years old)
  	With The Times
  Occupation / Profession	From 1942 to 1945 (56 years old)
  	First diplomatic correspondent in BBC European Division
  Published work	- Old Diplomacy and New - Britain Faces Germany - Salisbury (1830-1903), Portrait of a Statesman
  Honor	Croce di Guerra (Italy)
  Honor	Military Cross (MC)
  Death	8 Dec 1965
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Kennedy           b. Date unknown             d. Aft 1385  (15 x Great Grandfather)  Evelyn Adela Bootle-Wilbraham           b. Date unknown             d. 28 Nov 1939  (Mother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  	01. Archibald Edward Kennedy           b. 7 Sep 1878             d. 26 Aug 1914, Le Cateau  (Age 35 years) > 02. Kathleen Yone Kennedy           b. 14 Aug 1880             d. 16 May 1970  (Age 89 years) └─Lionel Lindsay           b. Date unknown             d. 18 Aug 1965  ,  m. 25 Oct 1921   > 03. Aubrey Leo Kennedy           b. 6 Feb 1885             d. 8 Dec 1965  (Age 80 years) └─Sylvia Dorothy Meysey-Thompson           b. Date unknown             d. 29 Jun 1968  ,  m. 12 Jul 1921     04. Paul Adrian Kennedy           b. 11 Dec 1886             d. 9 May 1915  (Age 28 years)   05. John Patrick Francis Kennedy           b. 18 Sep 1891             d. 24 Apr 1918  (Age 26 years)
  Person ID	P6298	Europe
  Last Modified	24 May 2025

  
  

  Father	John Gordon Kennedy           b. 18 Jul 1836             d. 2 Dec 1912 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Evelyn Adela Bootle-Wilbraham           b. Date unknown             d. 28 Nov 1939
  Marriage	30 Oct 1877
  Age at Marriage	John was 41 years and 3 months old. Evelyn was ?? old. They were married for 35 years and 2 months.
  Notes	With other issue.
  Family ID	F3040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Sylvia Dorothy Meysey-Thompson           b. Date unknown             d. 29 Jun 1968  [1]
  Marriage	12 Jul 1921
  Age at Marriage	Aubrey was 36 years and 5 months old. Sylvia was ?? old. They were married for 44 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F3048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 54 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3).