Thomas Kennedy of Bargany facts for kids
Thomas Kennedy of Bargany (died 1597) was a Scottish courtier and landowner.
Life
Military career
Thomas Kennedy and his father fought for Regent Moray at the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568.
Inheritance
In May 1585 Thomas Kennedy took possession of several properties in Ayr as heir to his father, in Sandgate and Woodgate, some of which his father had acquired in 1544. He was knighted in May 1590 at the coronation of Anne of Denmark. Bargany Castle, demolished in the seventeenth century, was on the south side of the Water of Girvan in Dailly parish in Ayrshire.
Edinburgh riot, son forced to marry
Thomas Kennedy of Bargany took part in a riot in Edinburgh on 17 November 1596. The laird had appeared with others in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh and made a religious protest. The incident was regarded as a conflict between the gentlemen of the king's household known as 'cubiculars' and the financial officers called the 'Octavians'. Two family chronicles mention that Bargany was punished by James VI who arranged a marriage for his son that was to "the wreck of his house".
Death
He died in November 1597.
Family
He was the son of Thomas Kennedy of Bargany and Margaret Campbell, a daughter of Hew Campbell of Loudon, Sheriff of Ayr. Thomas Kennedy married Isobel Stewart, a daughter of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree and Agnes Cunningham. He married secondly Agnes Montgomerie daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 2nd Earl of Eglinton. Their children included:
- Gilbert Kennedy of Bargany and Ardstinchar, who married his cousin Jean Stewart, a daughter of Andrew, Master of Ochiltree and Margaret Stewart, Mistress of Ochiltree. Jean Stewart was a maiden in the household of Anne of Denmark.
