Edward Coverley Kennedy^[1]

1879 - 1939  (60 years)

• Birth	31 Aug 1879
  Occupation / Profession	- Captain in the Royal Navy (RN) - World War I (despatches) - World War II (despatches)
  Occupation / Profession	1900 (20 years old)
  	Served in China
  Event	1921 (41 years old)
  	Court-martialled and found guilty of conduct prejudicial to the good order of naval discipline in 1921 and denied flag captaincy of HMS Courageous, but later reinstated.
  Honor	Legion of Honor (for serving during World War I)
  Death	23 Nov 1939
  	Went down with his ship, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi, which was sunk by the German pocket-cruiser Deutschland.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Kennedy           b. Date unknown             d. Aft 1385  (15 x Great Grandfather)  Caroline Edith Jackson           b. Date unknown             d. 29 Dec 1935  (Mother)
  Siblings	2 sisters
  	01. Mary Ethel Kennedy           b. 18 Aug 1876             d. 1895  (Age 18 years) > 02. Margaret Amelia Kennedy           b. 19 Mar 1878             d. 22 Aug 1960  (Age 82 years) └─Heneage Frank Stopford           b. Date unknown             d. 15 Sep 1916  ,  m. 31 Oct 1908   + 03. Edward Coverley Kennedy           b. 31 Aug 1879             d. 23 Nov 1939  (Age 60 years) └─Rosalind Margaret Innes Grant           b. Date unknown             d. 1977  ,  m. 21 Sep 1918
  Person ID	P6323	Europe
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Briggs Kennedy           b. 28 Feb 1842             d. 6 Nov 1914 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Caroline Edith Jackson           b. Date unknown             d. 29 Dec 1935
  Marriage	22 Apr 1875
  Age at Marriage	Edward was 33 years and 2 months old. Caroline was ?? old. They were married for 39 years and 7 months.
  Family ID	F3044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Rosalind Margaret Innes Grant           b. Date unknown             d. 1977  [1]
  Marriage	21 Sep 1918
  Age at Marriage	Edward was 39 years and 1 month old. Rosalind was ?? old. They were married for 21 years and 2 months.
  Children	1. Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy +   2. Morar Margaret Kennedy           b. 6 Jan 1926 (Age 99 years) └─ John Hamish Orr-Ewing  m. 24 Jan 1948;    └─ Royce Thomas Carlisle Ryton  m. 6 Sep 1954 +   3. Katherine Kennedy           b. 23 May 1927 (Age 98 years) └─ Ion Melville Calvocoressi  m. 29 Apr 1947
  Family ID	F3061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2025

  
  

• Sources

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