Louis Epstein
2015-01-19 05:34:19 UTC
[reposting to correct groups]
I learned (first via Rayment's peerage page,but also a website for
Scottish clan associations) that the 8th Marquess of Ailsa,born September
13th 1956,died January 15th 2015.
He died suddenly at a Kennedy Clan event in Florida...I don't suppose
there is any traced kinship between the Scottish Clan Kennedy of which he
was chief (the family have been Lords Kennedy since the 15th century,the
Marquess was also 19th Earl of Cassillis...he inherited in 1994) and JFK's
Irish Kennedys.
He had daughters born in 1980 and 1981,but the title passes only to and
through males,and his brother (born July 3rd 1958) succeeds as 9th
Marquess,20th Earl,and 21st Lord Kennedy.The new Marquess has a son,
on whom any perpetuation of the title appears to rest.
The island Ailsa Craig from which they took the title was apparently sold
recently...anyone know who bought it?
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
I learned (first via Rayment's peerage page,but also a website for
Scottish clan associations) that the 8th Marquess of Ailsa,born September
13th 1956,died January 15th 2015.
He died suddenly at a Kennedy Clan event in Florida...I don't suppose
there is any traced kinship between the Scottish Clan Kennedy of which he
was chief (the family have been Lords Kennedy since the 15th century,the
Marquess was also 19th Earl of Cassillis...he inherited in 1994) and JFK's
Irish Kennedys.
He had daughters born in 1980 and 1981,but the title passes only to and
through males,and his brother (born July 3rd 1958) succeeds as 9th
Marquess,20th Earl,and 21st Lord Kennedy.The new Marquess has a son,
on whom any perpetuation of the title appears to rest.
The island Ailsa Craig from which they took the title was apparently sold
recently...anyone know who bought it?
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.