Courtney Kenny (New Zealand politician) explained

Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny (25 December 1835 – 12 December 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand.

Kenny and his wife (Georgina Paulina Edith Kenny, 1835–1899[1]) are reported to have arrived in Port Nicholson on the Philip Laing on 23 December 1856[2] and to have established and named the Lochmara Run in Queen Charlotte Sound, centred on Double Cove and what was to become Lochmara Bay in 1857.[3] They later farmed ‘The Rocks’ in Double Cove, until their deaths.[4]

Kenny is reported to have been born in India, probably Moulmein (now in Burma), to an Indian army officer.[5] His wife was born in Geilston, Dumbarton, Scotland, also to an Indian army father.[6] Both were educated in England.[7]

Kenny, having risen from ensign[8] to captain[9] in the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot, served in Crimea and then exchanged to the 94th (Scotch) Regiment.[10] He was founding Captain of the Marlborough Volunteers 1860–61[11] and Marlborough Commissioner of Crown Lands 1862–66,[12] then represented the Picton electorate from an 1868 by-election till 1881, when he retired.[13] He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 15 May 1885 and served until his death on 12 December 1905.[14]

Notes and References

  1. New Zealand death registration 1899/4460
  2. Web site: Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records. Aucklandcity.govt.nz. 21 January 2019.
  3. New Zealand electoral roll 14 July 1857
  4. Web site: AtoJs Online . 29 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150802051658/https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs . 2 August 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Person Details for Caurtney William Aylmer Thomas Kenny, "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947" — FamilySearch.org . . 29 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071338/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG38-6R8 . 8 December 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Scottish old parish birth registration 494/0000300142
  7. 1851 English census, Norwich and Kensington Town respectively
  8. London Gazette, 23 June 1854
  9. London Gazette, 27 October 1855
  10. He resigned his commission 26 December 1860, Belfast News-Letter, 1 January 1861
  11. Henry D Kelley, ‘As high as the Hills’, Cape Catley, Whatamongo, 1956, p. 192
  12. T. Lindsay Buick, ‘Old Marlborough’, Hart & Keeling Palmerston North, 1900, p 4
  13. James Oakley Wilson (1985, 4th edition) New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1984. Government Printer, Wellington p 210
  14. Guy Schofield (1950, 3rd edition) New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1949. Government Printer, Wellington, p 79

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