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Admiral Sir William R. Kennedy.
Photograph: Navy & Army Illustrated.

Admiral SIR William Robert Kennedy, G.C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1838 – 9 October, 1916) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Kennedy was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 29 November, 1889, Heneage.^[1]

On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was promoted Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.^[2]

"Death of Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 10 October, 1916. Issue 41294, col C, pg. 11.
Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1876). Sporting Adventures in the Pacific, Whilst in Command of the "Reindeer". London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1885). Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies. London: William Blackwood and Sons.
Kennedy, Admiral (1892). Sporting Sketches in South America. London: R. H. Porter.
Kennedy, Vice-Admiral Sir William, K.C.B. (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor! Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. London: William Blackwood and Sons.

Naval Offices
Preceded by Frederick C. B. Robinson	Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station 1892 – 1895	Succeeded by Edmund C. Drummond
Preceded by Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith	Commander-in-Chief at the Nore 1900 – 1901	Succeeded by Albert H. Markham

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 ==Early Life & Career==
+Kennedy was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 29 November, 1889, [[Algernon Charles Fiesché Heneage‎|Heneage]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25998/pages/6928 no. 25998.  p. 6928.]  3 December, 1889.</ref>
 On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was promoted Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4588 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4588.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>