Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1 September 1847 – 9 April 1938) was a Scottish peer.
Early life
Archibald was born on 1 September 1847, the eldest of three sons born to Julia (née Jephson), Marchioness of Ailsa, and Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa.[1] Among his siblings was Maj. Lord Alexander Kennedy, Lord John Kennedy, Lady Julia Alice Kennedy,[2] Lady Evelyn Anne Kennedy, and Lady Constance Eleanor Kennedy.[3]
He married secondly on 3 November 1891 to Isabella MacMaster, the only daughter of Hugh MacMaster, a market gardener of Kausani, India. Together, they had two more children:[3]
Lt.-Col. Lord Hugh Kennedy (1895–1970), who married Katharine Louisa Clare Atherton, daughter of Francis Henry Atherton.[3]
Lady Marjory Kennedy (b. 1898), who married Sir Laurence Pierce Brooke Merriam, MC.[3]
Lord Ailsa died at his home, Culzean Castle, overlooking the Firth of Clyde where he was known as one of the foremost floriculturists, on 9 April 1938.[6] Lady Ailsa died on 9 December 1945.
Sailing
He was a keen sailor, having studied navigation, and had William Fife build him Foxhound in 1870, Bloodhound in 1874 and Sleuthhound in 1881. He had his own shipyard at Culzean Castle, where he built the 5-ton Cocker.[7]