John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis, PC (d. April 1668) was a Scottish peer, the son of Hew Kennedy, Master of Cassillis and Katherine Macdowall...

...He succeeded to the titles of 8th Lord Kennedy and 6th Earl of Cassillis on on 25 July 1616. He was a non-sitting member of Cromwell's House of Lords, and was invested as a Privy Counsellor of Scotland on 13 Feb. 1660/61. He held the office of Justice-general 1649-1651 and of an Extraordinary Lord of Session for Scotland June 1661-July 1662...

...He married Lady Jean Hamilton, daughter of Thomas Hamilton, 1st Duke of Haddington and Margaret Foulis, on 7 January 1621/22.[2] They had three children:

• Lady Catherine Kennedy d. c Feb. 1700
• James Kennedy, Lord Kennedy d. 1642/43
• Lady Margaret Kennedy He married Lady Margaret Hay, daughter of William Hay, 10th Earl of Errol and Lady Anne Lyon, on 15 March 1643/44. They had one child:
• John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis (Nov. 1653 - 23 Jul, 1701)"

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 November 2012, 18:10 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Kennedy,_6th_Earl_of...> [accessed 17 November 2012]

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From http://www.kennedydna.com/Colonel_Gilbert_Kennedy_of_Ardmillan.htm%5D

Proof for John as 6th Earl were

• 1.Retour as heir male of Earl John his uncle 21st Jan 1623
• 2.Retour as heir male of Earl Gilbert his grandfather 25th Jan 1623

In GD25 exists a document 13 Dec 1634 'Extract Registered Renunciation by John, Earl of Cassillis, to be heir, or to enter heir in general or special, to Hew, Master of

Other References

• An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice: From Its Institution in MDXXXII; by George Brunton, David Haig; 1832; Page 342
• The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom Author Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931. “Kennedy, Earl of Cassillis.” Page 475 Archive.Org
• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...