571 (1867); _J. Scott’s Common Bench Reports_, _xiii_ 677–742
(1863); _C. Beavan’s Chancery Reports_, _xxxiii_ 133–54 (1865).
KENNEDY, DAVID (son of David Kennedy, weaver and precentor,
_d._ 1874). _b._ Perth 15 April 1825; apprenticed to a painter
1841; a painter at Perth; precentor of Nicholson st. United
Presbyterian ch. Edin.; began a series of weekly concerts 1859;
first appeared in London at Hanover sq. rooms 1862; gave 100
concerts in Egyptian hall Dec. 1862 to May 1863; sang in Canada
and United States 1866–9; made a tour round the world with his
family 1872–6; toured in G.B. and Ireland 1876–9, South Africa
1879, India 1879–80, Canada 1881, United States and Australia
1882–4; had a rich tenor voice and was an effective reader and
declaimer; lost 3 children in the fire at the theatre at Nice 23
March 1881, namely James baritone singer aged 25, Kate contralto
aged 20 and Elizabeth soprano aged 18; author of Book of words
of Mr. Kennedy’s Entertainment on the songs of Scotland 1866;
Kennedy’s Colonial travel. A narrative of a four years tour
through Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc. 1876; Kennedy at
the Cape, a tour through Cape Colony, the Orange Free state, the
Diamond fields and Natal 1879. _d._ Stratford, Ontario 12 Oct.