Background
Kensington was the son of William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington, and Dorothy Patricia Thomas.
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Kensington was the son of William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington, and Dorothy Patricia Thomas.
He succeeded his father as third Baron Kensington in 1852 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Lord Kensington married Laura Jane Ellison, daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, in 1833.