John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1893)

Sir John Noble Kennedy
Sir John Noble Kennedy
Born	31 August 1893; Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Died	15 June 1970 (aged 76); Broxmouth House, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy; British Army
Years of service	1911–1946
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Royal Artillery
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George; Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order; Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Military Cross

Major-General Sir John Noble Kennedy, GCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC (31 August 1893 – 15 June 1970) was a senior British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.

Early life

Kennedy was born on 31 August 1893 in Portpatrick, the son of the Minister James Russell Kennedy and his wife Sarah.[1]

Military career

Kennedy joined the Royal Navy in 1911 and then transferred to the Royal Artillery at the start of World War I in 1915 going on to see action in France, Flanders and Egypt.[2]

After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1921–1922, he was appointed Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1938.[2] He also served in World War II as Director of Plans at the War Office from 1939, Commander Royal Artillery for 52nd Division from early 1940 and as Director of Military Operations at the War Office from later that year.[2] He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff in October 1943 until February 1945.[3]

He was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1947 to 1953.[2]

Family

In 1926 Kennedy married Isabella Rosamond Georgiana Joicey-Cecil (1901–1941).[4] Kennedy married Catherine Fordham (1905–1969) in 1941; on 2 January 1939 Catherine Fordham had been appointed Lady-in-Waiting to Her Royal Highness Princess Helena Victoria (1870–1948) of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.[5]

References

Orr, Brian J (2013). Bones of Empire. Lulu Enterprises. p. 164. ISBN 978-1291434828.
"Kennedy, Sir John Noble (1893–1970), Major General". King's College London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
Mackie, Colin (2011). "Senior Army Appointments" (PDF). gulabin.com. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. III (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 3495. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
Fordham, Catherine (21 January 1939). "Princess's New Lady-in-Waiting". The Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

Bibliography

Mead, Richard (2007). Churchill's Lions: a biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II. Stroud (UK): Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0.
Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Robert Hudson (Acting)	Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1947-1953	Succeeded by Sir Robert Tredgold (Acting)

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[1] Orr, Brian J (2013). Bones of Empire. Lulu Enterprises. p. 164. ISBN 978-1291434828.

[lh-2] "Kennedy, Sir John Noble (1893–1970), Major General". King's College London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[3] Mackie, Colin (2011). "Senior Army Appointments" (PDF). gulabin.com. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[4] Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. III (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 3495. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[5] Fordham, Catherine (21 January 1939). "Princess's New Lady-in-Waiting". The Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 17 March 2014.