Quintin Kennedy

Banker of Drummellan, awarded the compensation for Two Mile Wood in St Catherine as one of the executors of Alexander McDowal, with the widow Charles [sic] McDowal (q.v.) and others.

1. Provost of Ayr 1825-6 and 1829-30. 'Long connected with the banking establishment of Hunters & Co., Ayr; and latterly one of the chief promoters of the Ayrshire Banking Company, which later merged into the unfortunate Western Bank of Scotland.' Married his cousin-german Primrose Hamilton and had issue, Primrose William of Drummellane (later also Provost of Ayr) and James. Quintin Kennedy's father, also Primrose, was one of the attendees of the first Burns Night.

2. Drumellan House is near Maybole in Ayrshire. The house was listed for sale in 2011.

T71/852 St Catherine claim no. 546 (Two Mile Wood), which identifies him as banker, Drummellan.

1. Sir James Fergusson, The Kennedys: "twixt Wigton and the town of Ayr" (1958) p. 30; James Paterson, History of the counties of Ayr and Wigton, Vol. II: Carrick, (Edinburgh, 1864), p. 219; Murray Pittock, Robert Burns in Global Culture (Lewisberg, Pensylvannia, Bucknell University Press, 2011), p 189.

2. Email from James Brown 29/09/2015. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30440539.html [accessed 28/10/2015].

We are grateful to James Brown for his assistance with compiling this entry.