Family/Spouse: John Lord Kennedy. John (son of John (7th Earl of Cassillis) Kennedy and Susan (of Hamilton) Hamilton) died in 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married John (3rd Earl of Selkirk) Douglas-Hamilton in 1701. John (son of William (1st Earl of Selkirk & 3rd Duke of Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton and Anne (Duchess of Hamilton) Hamilton) was born in 1665; died on 3 Dec 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis, was childless, and entailed his lands upon his heir male, perhaps in order to keep the lands and title together. The succession was disputed by William Douglas, later Duke of Queensberry, who claimed both land and titles, as heir general. The House of Lords ruled against him on both points. The original grant of the Earldom no longer exists, so the House of Lords ruling established the fact that the remainder was to heirs male of the body. As that point has now been determined, I suspect that nothing short of an Act of Parliament can change the remainder. If such a change did occur, I would have thought that the Earldom of Cassilis would pass to the heir general of the 8th Earl, rather than a daughter of the 19th Earl.

John married Susan (of Selkirk) Hamilton in 1738. Susan (daughter of John (3rd Earl of Selkirk) Douglas-Hamilton and Anne (of Cassillis) Kennedy) died on 8 Feb 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]