Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1868–1870 | 4th | Picton | Independent | ||
1871–1875 | 5th | Picton | Independent | ||
1876–1879 | 6th | Picton | Independent | ||
1879–1881 | 7th | Picton | Independent |
Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny [a] (25 December 1835 – 12 December 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand.
Courtenay and his wife (Georgina Paulina Edith Kenny, 1835–1899 [1]) are reported to have arrived in Port Nicholson on the Philip Laing on 23 December 1856 [2] and to have established and named the Lochmara Run in Queen Charlotte Sound, centred on Double Cove and what was to become Lochmara Bay in 1857. [3] They later farmed ‘The Rocks’ in Double Cove, until their deaths. [4]
Courtenay Kenny is reported to have been born in India, probably Moulmein (now in Burma), to an Indian army officer. [5] His wife was born in Geilston, Dumbarton, Scotland, also to an Indian army father. [6] Both were educated in England. [7]
Kenny, having risen from ensign [8] to captain [9] in the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot, served in Crimea and then exchanged to the 94th (Scotch) Regiment. [10] He was founding Captain of the Marlborough Volunteers 1860–61 [11] and Marlborough Commissioner of Crown Lands 1862–66, [12] then represented the Picton electorate from an 1868 by-election till 1881, when he retired. [13] He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 15 May 1885 and served until his death on 12 December 1905. [14]
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1868–1870 | 4th | Picton | Independent | ||
1871–1875 | 5th | Picton | Independent | ||
1876–1879 | 6th | Picton | Independent | ||
1879–1881 | 7th | Picton | Independent |
Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny [a] (25 December 1835 – 12 December 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand.
Courtenay and his wife (Georgina Paulina Edith Kenny, 1835–1899 [1]) are reported to have arrived in Port Nicholson on the Philip Laing on 23 December 1856 [2] and to have established and named the Lochmara Run in Queen Charlotte Sound, centred on Double Cove and what was to become Lochmara Bay in 1857. [3] They later farmed ‘The Rocks’ in Double Cove, until their deaths. [4]
Courtenay Kenny is reported to have been born in India, probably Moulmein (now in Burma), to an Indian army officer. [5] His wife was born in Geilston, Dumbarton, Scotland, also to an Indian army father. [6] Both were educated in England. [7]
Kenny, having risen from ensign [8] to captain [9] in the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot, served in Crimea and then exchanged to the 94th (Scotch) Regiment. [10] He was founding Captain of the Marlborough Volunteers 1860–61 [11] and Marlborough Commissioner of Crown Lands 1862–66, [12] then represented the Picton electorate from an 1868 by-election till 1881, when he retired. [13] He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 15 May 1885 and served until his death on 12 December 1905. [14]