George Kennard

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Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Arnold Ford Kennard, 3rd Baronet (27 April 1915 – 13 December 1999) was an English soldier and author. He served in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. His autobiography, Loopy, was published in 1990.

Life[]

He was a younger son of Sir Coleridge Arthur Fitzroy Kennard, 1st Baronet, and educated at Eton College.^[1] The title eventually passed to Sir George upon the death of his childless brother, Sir Lawrence.

A member of the 4th Hussars, Kennard was captured during World War II in Germany, where he was a prisoner of war until the United States Army liberated him.^[2]

Family[]

Kennard was married four times:

• Firstly, in 1940, to Cecilia Violet Maunsell, only daughter of Cecil John Cokayne Maunsell; they had one daughter, and the marriage was dissolved in 1958.^[1]
• Secondly, in 1958, to Mollie Jessie Rudd Miskin, daughter of Hugh Wyllie.^[1]
• His third wife was Nichola Carew.
• His fourth wife and widow is Georgina Phillips.

The baronetcy became extinct upon his death.

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