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Kennedy Clan Crest

Crest Description: A dolphin naiant, Proper

Kennedy Coats of Arms
A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’ The arms represented below are personal arms (with the above exceptions). Only the individual granted these arms has the right to use them. for more information see our pages on heraldry here: (https://tartanshop.com/pages/all-about-scottish-heraldry)

Arms of Archibald Kennedy 8th Marquess Ailsa

KENNEDY, Earl of Cassilis and Marquess of AilsaArgent, a chevron, Gules, between three crosses crosslet fitchee, Sable, all within a double tressure, flory counterflory, of the second.

KENNEDY OF GIRVANMAINSArgent on a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable a boars’ head of the first in the middle chief point a man’s heart of the second. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1672

KENNEDY OF LAHANQuarterly 1st & 4th Argent a chevron invected Gules. between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable 2nd & 3rd Azure a lion rampant Argent crowned Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.(1672-7)[impaled by Bethune of Longhermiston]

KENNEDY OF KIRKMICHAELArgent a chevron Gules between two cross crosslets fitchee in chief and a boars’ head erased in base Sable. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1678-9

KENNEDY OF KIRKHILLrepresentative of BARGENYQuarterly 1st & 4th Argent a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets fitchee, within a double tressure flory counter-flory Sable 2nd & 3rd Azure three fleurs de lys Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1678-9

KENNEDY OF CLOWBURNQuarterly 1st & 4th Argent on a fess Azure three mullets of the first 2nd & 3rd Grand Quarterly i & iv Argent a chevron Gules. between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable within a double flory counter-flory of the second ii & iii Azure three fleurs de lys Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1680-7

KENNEDY OF AUCHTYFARDELArgent on a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable a fleur de lys Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1752

FERGUSSON KENNEDY OF BENNANEQuarterly 1st & 4th Argent a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable 2nd & 3rd Azure three fleurs de lys Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1837

Lt Col Alexander Kennedy Clark KENNEDY CBArgent A chevron Gules. between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable in the middle chief a fleur de lys Azure on a chief ermine the representation of a French eagle and flag with the inscription ‘L’empereur Napoleon au 105me Regiment d’infanteric de ligne’ thereon, and a sword disposed saltire-ways, and over the same the word ‘Waterloo.’ Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1839

KENNEDY OF UNDERWOODArgent on a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable a spur-revel between two lions counter-passant Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1850

William McLaughlin KENNEDYNew ZealandQuarterly 1st & 4th Argent; a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable 2nd & 3rd Azure; three fleurs de lis Or the whole (escutcheon) within a bordure Gules. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-197316th August 1905 18/37

Hon. (Lord) Hugh KENNEDYQuarterly 1st & 4th Argent; a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets Sable all within a double tressure flory counter flory of the second (for Kennedy) 2nd Argent; a pale Sable, on a canton Gules a sword in pale Argent hilted and pommelled Or (for Erskine of Dun) 3rd Azure; a fess embattled Or between three cocks’ heads erased Argent, beaked Or, combed and wattled Gules (for Jephson) at the fess point of the escutcheon a holly leaf Vert-having reference to MacMaster. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-197323rd October 1945 35/50

Dr. Clyde MACLEAN-KENNEDYCanadaArgent; on a chevron Gules between two cross crosslets fitchee in chief and in base a galley sails furled, oars in saltire Sable, flagged of the second, a maple leaf Or. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-19733rd March 1955 40/69

Sir John Noble KENNEDYGovernor and Commander in Chief Southern RhodesiaArgent; a chevron Gules between two cross crosslets fitchee in chief and a leopard’s face in base Sable. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-19733rd March 1955 40/69

David KENNEDYArgent; a chevron Gules between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable, on a chief Azure a lymphad sails furled between a fleur de lis in dexter and an estoile in sinister all of the first, a bordure Or charged with four crescents Gules alternately with two mullets of the third in chief and in base respectively and with two escallops in fess also of the third for his difference. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-19739th December 1963 47/38

Darrel E. KENNEDYArgent on a chevron Gules between in chief two cross-crosslets fitchee Sable and in base a bull’s head cabossed Proper a Bible expanded Proper bindings and fore-edges Or surmounted with a crescent of the Third. The Court of the Lord LyonLyon Register, Volume 70, page 704th September 1989

Sir Michael Edward KENNEDY Btof Johnstown8th BaronetSable on a fesse between three esquires helmet Argent a fox courant proper. Debretts Peerage & Baronetage 1990

Thomas KENNEDYArgent a chevron between three crosses crosslet fitchy Gules. 1) Chief Herald of Ireland, 31 March 1944.

President John Fitzgerald KENNEDYSable three helmets in profile Or within a bordure per saltire Gules and Ermine. Chief Herald of Ireland, 8 March 1961.

KENNEDY, John Joseph Fitzpatrick, PhD, AIH, FRHSCArms: Sable a lymphad with sails furled and flags flying Or, in chief a demi-eagle displayed of the second between two helmets Argent.Crest: A demi-wolfhound proper.Motto: Above: DIA AN TARD-RISource: Chief Herald of Ireland, Dublin, May 3, 1965.Canadian Heraldic Authority, Ottawa, (registered) November 1, 2001.Artist: Gordon Macpherson

Kennedy Crest & Coats of Arms

Kennedy Clan Crest Crest Description: A dolphin naiant, Proper Kennedy Coats of Arms A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’ The arms represented […]