Background
Kennard was the son of John Peirse Kennard and his wife Sophia Chapman.
Kennard was the son of John Peirse Kennard and his wife Sophia Chapman.
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and became captain in the 8th Hussars.
The election was declared void on 11 March 1869. Number writ was issued to replace the members and the constituency was disenfranchised by an Acting which received Royal assent on 4 July 1870. Kennard was elected Member of Parliament for Lymington in 1874 and held the seat until 1885.
Kennard became Honorary Colonel of the 15th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and was Aide-de-Camp the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Kennard lived at Great Tangley Manor, Guildford, Surrey, where he died at the age of 77 on 9 July 1912. Kennard married Agnes Hegan, daughter of Joseph Hegan, in January 1868.
Their daughter Victoria married Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby.
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At the 1868 general election Kennard was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Beverley.