Charles Dugald KENNEDY (1858 – 1929)

Name

Charles Dugald Kennedy

Gender

Male

Birthdate

15 October 1858

Birthplace

Napier

Marriage(s)

1917
Napier

Date of death

17 January 1929

Place of death

Napier

Parents

  • Alexander Kennedy (1829-14/3/1888)
  • Martha Ridgway Kennedy, nee Brown (1841-7/6/1910)

Partner(s)

  • Charlotte Jane Kennedy, nee Gibbs (1874-15/12/1947)

Primary education

Napier Grammar School; Reverend D’Arcy Irvine’s school, Waipukurau

Biography

Public Works Department, 1872 to 1877
Engineer to the Hawke’s Bay County Council, 1881
Consulting engineer for Patangata, Heretaunga, and Maraekakako Road Boards, Clive and Pukuhau River Boards, Wairoa County Council and Harbour Board
Designed Redclyffe Bridge in 1882
Initiated Napier South land reclamation
Barrister and solicitor; partner in legal firm Kennedy, Lusk and Morling, 28 years
Master Mason
Captain of Number 2 Company Napier Militia, wounded at Omaranui fight

Accession number

667856

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