SIR JOHN KENNEDY, 1814-1841 



Kennedy for the manner in which he has sup- 

 ported the hunting of the country, and for the 

 perfection to which he has now brought the hunt- 

 ing estabUshment, and that the sincere thanks of 

 the Hunt are hereby returned to him." 



Another resolution of June 15 of the same year, 

 1816, directs " that the plate, the property of the 

 Hunt, with the exception of it now at Johnstown, 

 be disposed of to the best advantage," a resolution 

 that one reads to-day with less pleasure. The 

 rather mysterious matter of the kennel building is 

 not made much clearer by an entry of June 15, 

 18 16, asking Mr Kennedy and Mr Thompson to 

 " take the materials of the kennel to dispose of the 

 same in the best manner they can," and the affair 

 is further complicated by a minute of June 23, 

 1818, accepting an offer of Sir Wm Hort " to take 

 the kennel stables of the Kildare Hunt from the 

 I St August next to the ist April 18 19 for ^{^20 ster- 

 ling." It is rather difficult to understand the exact 

 meaning of all these minutes relating to the kennels. 

 It may be, however, that it was felt that new ken- 

 nels were necessary towards the end of Sir Fenton 

 Aylmer's Mastership; that these were built at a cost 

 of some ;(^2,ooo; that the sale recorded in the 

 minutes was that of the material of the old kennels, 

 and that the new kennels became vacant and 

 were let to Sir Wm Hort upon Mr Kennedy's 



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