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Kennedy was elected as a [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]] MP for the Constituency of [[Tiverton, Devon]] at the General Election of 1832. He left Parliament in 1835, retiring conveniently at a time when [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Viscount Palmerston]] found himself without a seat in Parliament and forcing a by-election which Palmerston won comfortably. |
Kennedy was elected as a [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]] MP for the Constituency of [[Tiverton, Devon]] at the General Election of 1832. He left Parliament in 1835, retiring conveniently at a time when [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Viscount Palmerston]] found himself without a seat in Parliament and forcing a by-election which Palmerston won comfortably. |
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Kennedy was then appointed as a Judge to the joint British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice in [[Havana]] |
Kennedy was then appointed as a Judge to the joint British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice in [[Havana]]<ref>https://issuu.com/fcohistorians/docs/history_notes_cover_hphn_17</ref> in post from 1837 to 1839. |
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James Kennedy (1798 – 1859) was a British Member of Parliament.
Kennedy was elected as a Radical MP for the Constituency of Tiverton, Devon at the General Election of 1832. He left Parliament in 1835, retiring conveniently at a time when Viscount Palmerston found himself without a seat in Parliament and forcing a by-election which Palmerston won comfortably.
Kennedy was then appointed as a Judge to the joint British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice in Havana[1] in post from 1837 to 1839.
References
FCO Publication History Notes Vol 17 - Slavery in Diplomacy
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