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was the second son of the late Captain Robert Kennedy, of Oban. He was educated at Greenock | was the second son of the late Captain Robert Kennedy, of Oban. He was educated at Greenock | ||
Academy , and he served his apprenticeship as engineer with Messrs. [[McNab and Co|McNab]], of that place. He then | Academy , and he served his apprenticeship as engineer with Messrs. [[McNab and Co|McNab]], of that place. He then | ||
went to sea for seven years, the last five as chief engineer, after which he entered the firm of Messrs. [[Robert MacAndrew|R. MacAndrew and Co]]. as superintending engineer and with that firm he was connected for forty years. He was a founder and chairman of both the Glengall Iron Works, Limited, and the British Arc Welding Co., Limited , and was a director for fifteen years of the Antwerp Water Works Co., Limited, which position he resigned some six months back. He was a Past President of the Caledonian Society of London, Governor of the Royal Scottish Corporation, Past Master of the Glaziers Company, Past President of the [[Society of Engineers]] , and a Freemason , and he was also a member of the [[Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland]]. | went to sea for seven years, the last five as chief engineer, after which he entered the firm of Messrs. [[Robert MacAndrew|R. MacAndrew and Co]]. as superintending engineer and with that firm he was connected for forty years. He was a founder and chairman of both the Glengall Iron Works, Limited, and the British Arc Welding Co., Limited , and was a director for fifteen years of the Antwerp Water Works Co., Limited, which position he resigned some six months back. He was a Past President of the Caledonian Society of London, Governor of the Royal Scottish Corporation, Past Master of the Glaziers Company, Past President of the [[Society of Engineers]] , and a Freemason , and he was also a member of the [[Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland|Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland]]. | ||
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John Kennedy (c1840-1918), chairman of the Glengall Iron Works and the British Arc Welding Co and a director of the Antwerp Water Works Co
son of Captain Robert Kennedy of Oban
1918 Obituary[1]
THE death is announced of Mr . John Kennedy as having taken place at Hampstead, on the 14th inst .
Mr. Kennedy , who was seventy-eight years of age, was the second son of the late Captain Robert Kennedy, of Oban. He was educated at Greenock Academy , and he served his apprenticeship as engineer with Messrs. McNab, of that place. He then went to sea for seven years, the last five as chief engineer, after which he entered the firm of Messrs. R. MacAndrew and Co. as superintending engineer and with that firm he was connected for forty years. He was a founder and chairman of both the Glengall Iron Works, Limited, and the British Arc Welding Co., Limited , and was a director for fifteen years of the Antwerp Water Works Co., Limited, which position he resigned some six months back. He was a Past President of the Caledonian Society of London, Governor of the Royal Scottish Corporation, Past Master of the Glaziers Company, Past President of the Society of Engineers , and a Freemason , and he was also a member of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1918/02/22