Thomas Kennedy (Scottish judge)
Thomas Kennedy (1673 – 19 May 1754)Tory politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1720 to 1721, and then became a judge of the Scottish Court of Exchequer.
Early life and family
He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Kirkhill and Dunure (
admitted as an advocate in 1698.[2]
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.[2]
Career
Kennedy was joint
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs.[2]
He ended his parliamentary career a year later, when he was appointed as a judge of the Scottish Court of Exchequer.[2]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
- ^ a b c d Simpson, J. M. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "KENNEDY, Thomas (1673-1754), of Dunure, Ayr". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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