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William Nassau Kennedy

William Nassau Kennedy
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2nd Mayor of Winnipeg
In office
1875–1876
Preceded by Francis Evans Cornish
Succeeded by Thomas Scott
Personal details
Born (1839-04-28)28 April 1839
Newcastle, Upper Canada
Died 3 May 1885(1885-05-03) (aged 46)
London, England

William Nassau Kennedy (28 April 1839 – 3 May 1885) was the second Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1875 – 1876. He was the first commander of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles.

Kennedy was born in Newcastle, Upper Canada (now Newcastle, Ontario) and was the second of six children of John Kennedy, a housepainter and lieutenant-colonel in the militia, and Catharine Lambert.

Kennedy enlisted in the Peterborough Rifles in 1857. He was commissioned in 1865.



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