Courtney Kenny (New Zealand politician)
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868–1870 | 4th | Picton | Independent | ||
| 1871–1875 | 5th | Picton | Independent | ||
| 1876–1879 | 6th | Picton | Independent | ||
| 1879–1881 | 7th | Picton | Independent | ||
Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny[a] (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
[edit]- ^ His name is spelt 'Courtenay' in his 1856 Scottish marriage (494/00010) and New Zealand death (1905/7708) registrations. He used also the spelling ‘Courtney’, such as in an 1868 mortgage to the NZ Trust and Loan Company.
References
[edit]- ^ New Zealand death registration 1899/4460
- ^ "Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records". Aucklandcity.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ New Zealand electoral roll 14 July 1857
- ^ "AtoJs Online". Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Person Details for Caurtney William Aylmer Thomas Kenny, "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ Scottish old parish birth registration 494/0000300142
- ^ 1851 English census, Norwich and Kensington Town respectively
- ^ London Gazette, 23 June 1854
- ^ London Gazette, 27 October 1855
- ^ He resigned his commission 26 December 1860, Belfast News-Letter, 1 January 1861
- ^ Henry D Kelley, ‘As high as the Hills’, Cape Catley, Whatamongo, 1956, p. 192
- ^ T. Lindsay Buick, ‘Old Marlborough’, Hart & Keeling Palmerston North, 1900, p 4
- ^ James Oakley Wilson (1985, 4th edition) New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1984. Government Printer, Wellington p 210
- ^ Guy Schofield (1950, 3rd edition) New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1949. Government Printer, Wellington, p 79
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