John Pitt Kennedy

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Lieutenant-Colonel John Pitt Kennedy (8 May 1796 โ€“ 28 June 1879) was a British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant.

Biography

Grave of John Pitt Kennedy in Highgate Cemetery

Kennedy was born at

quays) and was sub-inspector of militia in the Ionian Islands
(1828โ€“31).

During a spell in India he met Sir Charles Napier and when he returned to Ireland he set up agricultural schools designed to improve the economy of the country. One was at Cloghan near

inspector general for Irish education (1837), as secretary to the Devon Commission (1843), and to the Famine Relief Committee (1845), his labours were unceasing in behalf of his native land.[1]

He returned to the army in 1849 as military secretary to Sir Charles Napier and accompanied him to India, where he built the military road named after him and extending from Kalka via Simla to Kunawur and Tibet. He published British Home and Colonial Empire (1865โ€“69), as well as a number of technical works relating to his Indian career.

He was

District Grandmaster of Bengal. His son, George Kennedy
, was a first-class cricketer.

He died in June 1879 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ Profile, historyofdonegal.com
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