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Caernarvonshire 1780-90 2. Sir Love Jones-Parry – Horsham 1807-08 Caernarvonshire 1835-37 3 List of Parliamentary Families 717 1. John Parry – Caernarvonshire 1780-90 2. Sir Love Jones-Parry – Horsham 1807-08 Caernarvonshire 1835-37 3. Sir Thomas Jones-Parry 1 Bt – Caernarvonshire 1868-74 Caernarvon District 1882-86 Seats: Wernfawr (Wern Fawr), Caernarvonshire (Jones seat); Llwyn (Lwyn) Onn, Denbighshire (Jones seat from Middle Ages, sold 1910); Madryn Castle (Park), Caernarvonshire (acq. by Parrys by mar. 1708, passed to Jones family by mar. 1780, sold 1910) Estates: Bateman 10025 (W) 5750 and 4699 (W) 2626 Title: Baronet 1886-91 Notes: One in ODNB. KAVANAGH IRELAND Origins: “The MacMorrough”. Kings of Leinster and High Kings of Ireland down to the reign of Henry VIII. Protestant by 1641. Remained one of the great Gaelic families of Ireland into the 20th century. First {MP 1541}. Two other {MPs 1613-34}. 1. Bryan Kavanagh – {Kilkenny 1796-97} 2. Thomas Kavanagh – {Kilkenny 1797-99} County Carlow 1826-31 1835-37 3. Arthur Kavanagh – County Wexford 1866-68 County Carlow 1869-80 4. Walter Kavanagh – County Carlow 1908-10 Seats: Borris House, Carlow (acq. 13th c.?, castle, rebuilt c. 1720-41, damaged 1798, rebuilt c. 1820, still own); Ballyraggert, Kilkenny Estates: Bateman 29025 (I) 15608 1 Ld Lt 19th Notes: Two in ODNB. KAYE [Lister] Origins: Acquired Woodsome (resident there since 14th century) c. 1520 and added gradually to their estates through piecemeal accumulation of property over four generations between c. 1550-1662, moving from modest to greater gentry. They worked to increase their fortune both through the textile business and the iron industry. (Cliffe, The Yorkshire Gentry from the Reformation to the Civil War, 96-97) They also mined coal. The Kayes inherited the Lister estates by marriage in 1745. First MP 1610. 1. Sir John Kaye 2 Bt – Yorkshire 1685-87 1689-98 1701 1702-06 2. Sir Arthur Kaye 3 Bt – Yorkshire 1710-26 3. Sir John Lister-Kaye 4 Bt – York 1734-41 718 List of Parliamentary Families Seats: Woodsome Hall, Yorkshire (medieval, acq. c. 1520 and built soon after, add. 17th c., passed out of the family by mar. 1726); Fairfield Hall, Yorkshire (built 16th-17 th c., rebuilt 1720s, purch. by Listers 1805, sold 1906); Denby Grange, Yorkshire (Kayes acq. 16th c., enlarged 1636, rebuilt mid-18th c., sold 1948, demolished 1950) Estates: Bateman 15019 (E & S) 10641 Title: Baronet 1642-1809; 1812- Notes: For the Cunliffe-Lister-Kays, see Cunliffe-Lister. KEANE IRELAND Baron Keane (1839-1901 UK) Origins: Acquired Belmont and Cappoquin in 1737. How? Sheriff 1780, The 1 Baron was Commander in Chief in India. 1. Sir John Keane 1 Bt – {Bangor 1791-97 Youghal 1797-1800} 1801-06 1807-18 2. Sir Richard Keane 2 Bt – County Waterford 1832-35 Seats: Cappoquin House, Waterford (old house, purch. 1737, rebuilt 1779, burned 1923, rebuilt, still own); Castletown House, Wexford; Belmont, Waterford (acq. 1737, sold 1st half 19th c.); Belleville (Bettyville) Park, Waterford (built late 18th c., acq. 19th c.) Estates: Bateman 8909 (I) 3237. Reportedly worth £14,000 pa in c. 1800. The Cappoquin estate consted of 7,213 acres in 1737. Title: Baronet 1801- Peers: 3 peers 1838-1901 Notes: 1 Baron in ODNB. KEATING (Keatinge) IRELAND Origins: Possibly Anglo-Norman in origin. Acquired estates 1662. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland 1679. The relationships of the MPs below are not fully delineated. First {MP 1642}. 1. Maurice Keating – {Ballynakill 1661-66} 2. Maurice Keating – {Athy 1695-99 1703-27} 3. John Keating – {Trim 1715-17} 4. Maurice Keating – {Kildare 1725-27 County Kildare 1727-60 Naas 1761-68 Kildare 1768-69} 5. Michael Keating – {Harristown 1776-81} 6. Maurice Keating – {Harristown 1776-77} 7. Maurice Keating – {County Kildare 1790-1800} 1801-02 List of Parliamentary Families 719 Seats: Millicent, Kildare (purch. 1662, built c. 1700, sold 1813); Castle Mey, Kildare; Narraghmore, Kildare (built 17th c., new house built late 18th c., burned 1798, sold 1813) Estates: Some estates sold in 1766. The rest in 1813 for £93,000. Notes: The last male Keating died in 1835. Two in ODNB. KEITH-FALCONER SCOTLAND Earl Marischal of Scotland (prior to 1458-1716 S) Origins: The Keiths held the title of Marischal of Scotland from 1294. Represented Scotland in the English Parliament 1305. Signed the Declaration of Arbroath 1320. First [MP 1625]. A younger son of the 6 Earl Marischal was created Earl of Kintore. A daughter of the 2 Earl married the 4 Baron Falconer. A grandson succeeded as 7 Baron Falconer and 5 Earl of Kintore. The Falconers acquired estates in the 13th century. First [MP 1482], another [MP 1617]. An additional [MP 1643]. The Falconers of Phesdo, a cadet line, died out in 1764, and their estates passed to a son of the 5 Baron Falconer. 1. George Keith 8 Earl Marischal – [Aberdeenshire 1661-63] 2. Sir David Falconer – [Kincardineshire 1667] 3. Sir John Falconer – {Kincardineshire 1678 1681 1685] 4. Sir Alexander Falconer 1 Bt – [Kincardineshire 1678 1681 1685-86] 5. Sir David Falconer – [Forfarshire 1685] 6. Sir James Falconer – [Kincardineshire 1703-04] 7. John Falconer – Kincardineshire 1734-41 Seats: Dunnottar (Dunottar) Castle, Kincardineshire (built 13th c., acq. c. 1395, add. c. 1400, add. c. 1580s-1610s, family abandoned due to the Countess not liking the noise of the seals, damaged 1651, forfeited and dismantled 1716-18, ruin); Keith Hall, Aberdeenshire (purch. and built c. 1662, add. 1700, sold 1984, flats); Phesdo House, Kincardineshire (built 1814-15, sold mid-19th c.); Inverugie Castle, Aberdeenshire (built 12th c., acq. mid-14th c., rebuilt c. 1660, forfeited 1746, ruin); Fetteresso Castle, Kincardineshire (built early 16th c., destroyed 1645, rebuilt 1671, forfeited 1716); Inglismaldie, Kincardineshire (built late 16th c., purch. 1693, add. mid-18th c., fire 1882, rebuilt, sold 1925, derelict by 1950s) Estates: Bateman 25433 (S) 29551. The 3 Earl Marischal was said to be the richest man in Scotland (d. 1581). Estate totaled 18,000 acres in 1914 and 635 in 1965 (Sayer, The Disintegration of a Heritage, 116) Titles: Baron Keith c. 1430-1716 S; Baron Falconer 1646- S; Earl of Kintore 1677- S; Baron Kintore 1838- UK; Baronet 1625-1716, 1663-90 Peers: [6 peers 1660-94 1660-84 1677-1707 1698-1707] 1 Scottish Rep peer 1710-12 4 peers 1838-1945 2 Lds Lt 18th, 19th 720 List of Parliamentary Families 1 KT 20th Notes: The 6 Earl was forced to sell much land after 1660 due to heavy fines and expenses during the Civil War, and the 9 Earl impaired the remaining estates by high living, while the 10 Earl was a Jacobite who was attainted 1716 and exiled. Some estates were repurchased in 1764. Lady Mary Keith, sister of the last Earl Marischal, married the Earl of Wigtown. Their daughter Clementine married the 10 Lord Elphinstone, who was created Viscount Keith. (see Elphinstone). The last Earl sold Dunnottar to Alexander Keith of Edinburgh, who claimed descent from the family, which, apparently, the Earl acknowledged. However, this line later deferred to another branch of the family as senior. The Keith family (six biographies) has an entry in the ODNB plus the 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 Earls Marischal and 1 Earl of Kintore and five others and three under Falconer. Keith Origins: Descended from a younger son of the 2 Earl Marischal. 1. James Keith – [Kintore Burghs 1660-63] Seat: Auquhorsk (Aquhorsk, Afforsk) (Old House of), Aberdeenshire (owned 16th-18 th c.) Falconer Origins: Cadet line. 1. Alexander Falconer – [Nairn 1685-86] KEKEWICH Origins: Gentry by the Tudor period, but never rich. Originally at Catchfrench in Cornwall. First MP 1553. Another MP 1640. Samuel Kekewich MP was a merchant and in the 18th century the family was involved in insurance. The 1 Bt was a barrister. 1. Samuel Kekewich – Sudbury 1698-1700 2. Samuel Kekewich – Exeter 1826-30 S. Devon 1858-73 3. Sir George Kekewich 1 Bt – Exeter 1906-10 Seat: Peamore House, Devon (built 16th-17 th c., purch. c. 1800, remod. c. 1810, sold 1952, flats) Estates: Bateman 4734 (E) 5942 Title: Baronet 1921-32 Notes: Three in ODNB. List of Parliamentary Families 721 KEMP Origins: Acquired Gissing by marriage in 1324. First MP 1584. The 1 Bt was a courtier. 1. Sir Robert Kemp 2 Bt – Norfolk 1675-79 Dunwich 1679-81 2. Sir Robert Kemp 3 Bt – Dunwich 1701-05 1708-09 1713-15 Suffolk 1732-34 3. Sir Robert Kemp 4 Bt – Orford 1730-34 Seats: Gissing Hall, Norfolk (acq. by mar. 1324, medieval house, demolished c. 1700, rebuilt 19th c., sold 1936); Ubbeston Hall (aka Harefield House), Suffolk (Harefield built 1641, purch. 1674, demolished, Ubbeston built, 18th c., sold 1784); Mergate Hall, Norfolk (acq. by mar. late 15th c., built 16th c., sold 1936); Flordon Hall, Norfolk (built 16th c., sold 1936) Estates: Bateman 2133 (E) 3163 Title: Baronet 1642-1936 Notes: One in ODNB. KENDALL Origins: Established at Treworgey in the early 14th century. A number of lines are combined here. First MP 1330. Nine additional MPs 1365-1640. 1. John Kendall – East Looe 1659 West Looe 1660 East Looe 1681 2. Thomas Kendall – Dartmouth 1664-66 3. Walter Kendall – Lostwithiel 1679-81 1689-95 4. James Kendall – West Looe 1685-87 1689-90 1695-1702 Lostwithiel 1706-08 5. Nicholas Kendall – E. Cornwall 1852-68 Seats: Pelyn (House), Cornwall (medieval, acq. early 16th c., rebuilt 1601, add. 18th c., add. 19th c., sold and repurch. post 1945, still own); Treworgey, Cornwall (acq. early 14th c., remod. 18th c., sold 1748); Killigarth, Cornwall (medieval, acq. by mar. 17th c., sold 18th c., demolished after 1820, rebuilt 1872) Estates: Bateman 2276 (E) 2341 Notes: Eight members of the family represented Lostwithiel in each of the five centuries between the 14th and the 18th, and the family produced MPs in six successive centuries.
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