Modern English biography

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.