Courtney Kenny (New Zealand politician)

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Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny{{Efn|His name is spelt 'Courtenay' in his 1856 Scottish marriage (494/00010) and New Zealand death (1905/7708) registrations. He used also the spelling ‘Courtney’, such as in an 1868 mortgage to the NZ Trust and Loan Company.}} (25 December 1835 – 12 December 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand.

Kenny and his wife (Georgina Paulina Edith Kenny, 1835–1899New Zealand death registration 1899/4460) are reported to have arrived in Port Nicholson on the Philip Laing on 23 December 1856{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/msonline/index.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&QF0=MSNumber&QI0=NZMS+1393&TN=Manuscriptsonline&RF=WebRecord&NP=2|title=Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records|website=Aucklandcity.govt.nz|accessdate=21 January 2019}} and to have established and named the Lochmara Run in Queen Charlotte Sound, centred on Double Cove and what was to become Lochmara Bay in 1857.New Zealand electoral roll 14 July 1857 They later farmed ‘The Rocks’ in Double Cove, until their deaths.{{Cite web |url=https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs |title=AtoJs Online |access-date=29 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802051658/https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs |archive-date=2 August 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Kenny is reported to have been born in India, probably Moulmein (now in Burma), to an Indian army officer.{{Cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG38-6R8 |title=Person Details for Caurtney William Aylmer Thomas Kenny, "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947" — FamilySearch.org |website=FamilySearch |access-date=29 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071338/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG38-6R8 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} His wife was born in Geilston, Dumbarton, Scotland, also to an Indian army father.Scottish old parish birth registration 494/0000300142 Both were educated in England.1851 English census, Norwich and Kensington Town respectively

Kenny, having risen from ensignLondon Gazette, 23 June 1854 to captainLondon Gazette, 27 October 1855 in the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot, served in Crimea and then exchanged to the 94th (Scotch) Regiment.He resigned his commission 26 December 1860, Belfast News-Letter, 1 January 1861 He was founding Captain of the Marlborough Volunteers 1860–61Henry D Kelley, ‘As high as the Hills’, Cape Catley, Whatamongo, 1956, p. 192 and Marlborough Commissioner of Crown Lands 1862–66,T. Lindsay Buick, ‘Old Marlborough’, Hart & Keeling Palmerston North, 1900, p 4 then represented the Picton electorate from an 1868 by-election till 1881, when he retired.James Oakley Wilson (1985, 4th edition) New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1984. Government Printer, Wellington p 210 He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 15 May 1885 and served until his death on 12 December 1905.Guy Schofield (1950, 3rd edition) New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1949. Government Printer, Wellington, p 79