KENNY, WILLIAM STOPFORD. _b._ 1788; kept a classical school at 5 Fitzroy st. Fitzroy sq. London many years; a good chess player; translated F. A. Danican Philidor’s Analysis of the game of chess 1819; author of Practical chess grammar 1817, 2 ed. 1817; Practical chess exercises 1818; The manual of science 1844; Why and because, a collection of questions and answers on air, water, light and fire 1830, 18 ed. 1854; The grammatical omnibus 8 ed. 1853; Kenny’s School geography or earth and heaven 1856 and many other school books. _d._ Lower road, Richmond, Surrey 16 Nov. 1867.
KENRICK, FRANCIS PATRICK. _b._ Dublin 3 Dec. 1797; ordained a priest in Rome 1821; conducted a theological seminary at Bardstown, Kentucky, U.S. of America 1821; bishop of Arath; bishop of Philadelphia 1842; archbishop of Baltimore, Aug. 1851 to death; apostolic delegate, presiding over the first plenary council of the U.S. of America at Baltimore, May 1852; primate of the U.S. of America 1859; author of Letters of Omicron to Omega 1828; The primacy of the apostolic see and the authority of general councils vindicated 1838, 2 ed. 1845; Theologia dogmatica 4 vols. 1839–40, 2 ed. 3 vols. 1858; Theologia moralis 3 vols. 1841–3; Letters on christian union 1841; The four gospels translated from the Latin vulgate with notes 1849. _d._ Baltimore 6 July 1863. _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_ 519 (1887), _portrait_.
KENRICK, GEORGE (4 son of rev. Timothy Kenrick 1759–1804, unitarian commentator). _b._ Exeter 28 Oct. 1792; ed. at Glasgow coll. and Manchester coll. York; M.A.; unitarian minister at Chesterfield 1813–14, Hull 1815–21, Maidstone 1822–6, Hampstead 1829–45 and Battle 1845–7; a trustee of Dr. Williams’s foundation 1833–60; contributed to the Monthly Repository and other periodicals, and published some sermons 1822–34. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 2 Dec. 1874. _The Inquirer 12 Dec. 1874 pp._ 813–4; _Appendix to rev. G. Kenrick’s farewell discourse at Hampstead, containing the correspondence which led to his resignation 1845_, _2 ed._ 1845.
KENRICK, JOHN (brother of the preceding). _b._ Exeter 4 Feb. 1788; ed. at Exeter academy 1799–1805 when academy was dissolved; studied at Glasgow univ. 1807–10, M.A. 1 May 1810; tutor in classics, history and literature at Manchester college, York 1810–40; professor of history, Manchester New college, Manchester 1840–50; F.S.A. 4 Feb. 1858; author of Exercises on Latin Syntax 1825, 4 ed. 1838; The Egypt of Herodotus with notes 1841; Ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs 2 vols. 1850; Phœnicia 1855; Biblical essays 1864. _d._ 38 Monkgate, York 7 May 1877. _J. Martineau’s Essays, reviews and addresses_, _i_ 397–421 (1890); _Theological Review_, _July 1877 pp._ 374–97.
KENRICK, TIMOTHY (son of Archibald Kenrick). _b._ 1807; with his father and brother developed the hollow ware trade, retired; a founder of the Nurses’ training institution, Birmingham, for which he purchased a home; a director of Midland railway 1858, deputy chairman; deputy chairman Lloyds’ Banking co. _d._ Maple Bank, Edgbaston 23 Feb. 1885. _Birmingham Weekly Post 28 Feb. 1885 p._ 3.
KENSINGTON, WILLIAM EDWARDES, 2 Baron. _b._ 24 April 1777; succeeded 13 Dec. 1801; M.P. for Haverfordwest 12 Jany. 1802 to 10 June 1818. _d._ 23 Kensington crescent, London 10 Aug. 1852. _G.M. xxxviii_ 306 (1852).
KENT, MARIA LOUISA VICTORIA, Duchess of (6 child and 4 dau. of Francis Frederick Anthony, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1750–1806). _b._ Coburg 17 Aug. 1786. _m._ (1) 21 Dec. 1803 Ernest Charles prince of Leiningen, he was _b._ 27 Sep. 1763 and _d._ 4 July 1814; _m._ (2) at Coburg 29 May 1818 and at Kew palace 11 July 1818 Edward Augustus duke of Kent and Streathearn, 5 child and 4 son of King George the third, he was _b._ 2 Nov. 1767 and _d._ 23 Jany. 1820; mother of queen Victoria. _d._ of cancer at Frogmore near Windsor 16 March 1861. _bur._ in royal vault, St. George’s chapel, Windsor 25 March, but moved to mausoleum at Frogmore 1 Aug. _Jerdan’s National portrait gallery_, _iv_ (1833), _portrait_; _W. C. Taylor’s National portrait gallery_, _iv_ 41, _portrait_; _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches 4 ed._ (1876) 42–54; _Sams’s Annual peerage_, _ii_ (1827), _portrait_; _T. Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort 5 ed. iii_ (1878), _portrait_.
KENT, GEORGE. _b._ Tunbridge Wells 1806; an apprentice to the wire work trade in Chelsea; a window blind maker, Constitution row, Gray’s Inn road, London; took out a patent dated 12 June 1844 for a knife cleaning machine; knife cleaning machine maker at 329 Strand, 218 Regent st. and 101 Holborn to 1854; manufacturer of labor saving articles of domestic utility at 199 High Holborn 1854 to death; his name has become a household word all over the civilized world. _d._ Southwood, 72 Southwood lane, Highgate 23 May 1890.
NOTE.--His eldest son George E. Kent _d._ 12 Manor villas, Theydon Bois, Essex 30 Jany. 1892 aged 54.
KENT, GEORGE H. _b._ London 1809; reporter on rowing, sailing matches, pedestrianism, cricket and shooting matches to all the London daily and weekly papers except The Times and Bell’s Life from 1826; police reporter at Queen square for the Morning Post 1838. _d._ Brighton 6 June 1883. _The Town 10 March 1838 p._ 323.
KENT, JAMES HENRY. _b._ 1810; M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. 1838; surgeon at Stanton near Bury St. Edmunds; famous for his scientific preparation of medicinal extracts and dried pharmaceutical herbs, for which he gained medals at great exhibitions of London 1851, Paris 1855 and New York 1853; author of Remarks on the injuriousness of the consolidation of small farms and the benefit of small occupations 1844. _d._ Stanton 22 Oct. 1855.
NOTE.--His elder brother Walton Kent, educ. at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals; fellow of Obstetrical Soc.; L.S.A. 1827; surgeon at Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk about 1832–62; carried on the above business after his brother’s death; author of Essay on lingering or protracted labour 1828. _d._ Walsham 24 June 1862.
KENTISH, JOHN (only son of John Kentish, draper, _d._ 1814). _b._ St. Albans 26 June 1768; ed. at Daventry academy 1784–8, at Hackney college 1788–90; unitarian minister at Plymouth Dock 1790, chapel in George st. opened 27 April 1791; minister of Treville st. chapel, Plymouth 1794–5; afternoon preacher at the Gravel Pit, Hackney 1795; morning preacher at St. Thomas’s chapel, Southward 1802; pastor of New Meeting, Birmingham 23 Jany. 1803 to 1844; author of A Letter to James White on the unitarian christians in West of England 1794; A vindication of the principles upon which unitarian christians recommend their views by the distribution of books 2 ed. 1800; Notes and comments on passages of scripture 1844, 3 ed. 1848. _d._ Park Vale, Edgbaston, Birmingham 6 March 1853. _J. Kenrick’s Memoir of J. Kentish_ (1854), _portrait_.
KENYON, GEORGE KENYON, 2 Baron (2 son of 1 Baron Kenyon 1732–1802). _b._ Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London 22 July 1776; ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1797, M.A. 1801, D.C.L. 1814; succeeded his father as 2 baron 4 April 1802; barrister M.T. 3 May 1793, bencher 1811 to death, reader 1815, treasurer 1823; custos brevium of court of queen’s bench 1802–37 when office was abolished by 1 Vict. cap. xxx 12 July 1837; a comr. for building churches; F.S.A.; a trustee of the Theological seminary in Ohio 1825; the 77th anniversary of his birthday celebrated by a public festivity at Hanmer, Flint 22 July 1853; author of Observations on the Roman Catholic question 1810, 4 ed. 1812. _d._ Gredington hall, Flintshire 25 Feb. 1855. _bur._ at Hanmer. _I.L.N. xxiii_ 112, 113 (1853).
KENYON, LLOYD KENYON, 3 Baron. _b._ Gredington hall, Flintshire 1 April 1805; ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829; succeeded 25 Feb. 1855; M.P. for St. Michael’s, Cornwall 1830–2. _d._ Eastbourne, Sussex 14 July 1869. _Reg. and mag. of biog. ii_ 87 (1869).
KENYON, JOHN (son of Mr. Kenyon of parish of Trelawney, Jamaica, sugar planter). _b._ parish of Trelawney, Jamaica 1784; ed. at Sawyer’s school, Bristol, the Charterhouse, London, and Peter house, Camb. 1808; studied chemistry under W. Nicholson in Soho square; friend of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Southey, C. Lamb and other literary celebrities; a well known gastronome; published Rhymed plea for tolerance 1833, 2 ed. 1839; Poems for the most part occasional 1838; A day at Tivoli with other verses 1849. _d._ Cowes, Isle of Wight 3 Dec. 1856. _bur._ in Lewisham churchyard. _G.M. ii_ 309–15 (1857).
NOTE.--Browning sent him the poem Andrea del Sarto from Florence, and in 1856 while staying in his house in England Mrs. Browning finished Aurora Leigh and dedicated it to Kenyon. He left by his will 80 legacies to 80 of his literary friends, the poets included were Robert Browning £6,500, Mrs. Browning £4000, B. W. Procter known as Barry Cornwall £6500.