Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa

Archibald David Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa, OBE, DL (3 December 1925 – 7 April 1994) was a Scottish peer, the son of Angus Kennedy, 6th Marquess of Ailsa.

In early life, as David Kennedy, he worked as a steam locomotive fireman and, as Marquess, ran the Isle of Man Railway as lessee for the 1967–1971 seasons.

Personal life
He married Mary (3 May 1916 – 17 August 2007, Edinburgh), daughter of coal miner John Burn, of Amble, Northumberland, on 7 April 1954 and they had three children:


 * Lady Elizabeth Helen Kennedy (b. 23 February 1955)
 * Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa (13 September 1956 – 15 January 2015)
 * David Thomas Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa (b. 3 July 1958)