Arthur Kenney (priest)

Arthur Henry Kenney (c.1776 – 27 January 1855) was an Irish religious writer and Dean of Achonry from 1812 to 1821.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Kenney was born around 1776 to Edward Kenney (died 23 April 1818), the Prebendary of Cork, and Frances Kenney (née Herbert).[4]

Enrolled at Trinity College Dublin in 1790, Kenney was elected a foundation scholar in 1793.[4] Graduating with his Bachelor's in 1795, Kenney was awarded his Master's in 1800.[4] Becoming a junior fellow the same year, Kenney graduated with his Bachelor of Divinity in 1806.[4] Giving up his junior fellowship in 1809, Kenny became the incumbent at Kilmacrennan in.[4] In 1812, Kenney graduated with his Doctor of Divinity.[4]

The same year Kenney became the Dean of Achonry.[4] Kenney later resigned as dean in May 1821 in order to take up a new appointment as the Rector of St Olave, Southwark.[4]

Personal life

Kenney was twice married, and had several children.[4] Kenney was the father of The Rev Arthur Robert Kenney, the rector of Bourton-on-Dunsmore, and the grandfather of Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert, a Colonel and food writer.[4][5][6]

Living the last 10 years of his life in Boulogne, Kenney died there on 27 January 1855.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Kenney, Arthur Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ↑ Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Saturday, June 27, 1812; Issue 14122
  3. ↑ Fasti Ecclesiæ Hibernicæ: The Succession of the Prelates Volume 4
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Goodwin, Gordon; Huddleston, David (23 September 2004). "Kenney, Arthur Henry (1776/7–1855), Church of Ireland dean of Achonry and religious writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15403. Retrieved 30 June 2026. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ "No.309 Arthur Robert Kenney [baptismal record]". Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Bourton-on-Dunsmore; 1825–1849. Warwick, Warwichshire: Warwickshire County Record Office: 39. 6 September 1840.
  6. ↑ "No.309 Arthur Robert Kenney [baptismal record]". Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Bourton-on-Dunsmore; 1825–1849. Warwick, Warwichshire: Warwickshire County Record Office: 39. 6 September 1840.
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