dkjgh AHAHAHAH DUDE. OK. MY BRAIN IS MUDDLED, BUT:
Apparently Earl of Cassillis #11 was Archibald Kennedy #2 and, also, a Royal Navy Captain. He got the rank in 1757 and didn't knock off until 1794. Granted, he only came into the title in 1792, but if you wanted to write Archie family fic,
1. You could so totally pretend that Archie's father was one of Archibald Kennedy #2's (not in the Peerage guide's) younger brothers.
2. You could so totally pretend that our Archie was named after uncle Archibald
3. You could also reasonably guess that Uncle Archie was filthy stinking rich from prize money -- his own father had been customs collector in NEW YORK CITY, so it's not like there was some kind of fortune floating around beforehand, but was wealthy enough by 1790 to pay for his son to "raise an indpendent company of foot," whatever the hell that means, two years before he came into the title
4. You could easily think that either Archie's own father was prosperous enough or that some of that largess had spilled over to Archie's older brothers so that they were able to buy their billets or whatever. (In Sharpe, purchasing a lieutenantship costs something like 150 pounds.)
5. And that when it comes time for little Archie, his namesake, to figure out what the hell he's going to do with his life -- intsead of money, he asks his uncle to get him a spot in the Navy because he wants to go to sea and prove himself, not buy his way.
6. And in 1793, a year before he dies, uncle Archie finds a place for his namesake with an old friend that he served with back in the day, a fine captain by the name of Keene.
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Re: *WEEPS FOR THE LOVELY PORN*
Date: 2006-02-16 08:01 am (UTC)Apparently Earl of Cassillis #11 was Archibald Kennedy #2 and, also, a Royal Navy Captain. He got the rank in 1757 and didn't knock off until 1794. Granted, he only came into the title in 1792, but if you wanted to write Archie family fic,
1. You could so totally pretend that Archie's father was one of Archibald Kennedy #2's (not in the Peerage guide's) younger brothers.
2. You could so totally pretend that our Archie was named after uncle Archibald
3. You could also reasonably guess that Uncle Archie was filthy stinking rich from prize money -- his own father had been customs collector in NEW YORK CITY, so it's not like there was some kind of fortune floating around beforehand, but was wealthy enough by 1790 to pay for his son to "raise an indpendent company of foot," whatever the hell that means, two years before he came into the title
4. You could easily think that either Archie's own father was prosperous enough or that some of that largess had spilled over to Archie's older brothers so that they were able to buy their billets or whatever. (In Sharpe, purchasing a lieutenantship costs something like 150 pounds.)
5. And that when it comes time for little Archie, his namesake, to figure out what the hell he's going to do with his life -- intsead of money, he asks his uncle to get him a spot in the Navy because he wants to go to sea and prove himself, not buy his way.
6. And in 1793, a year before he dies, uncle Archie finds a place for his namesake with an old friend that he served with back in the day, a fine captain by the name of Keene.
*PLEBE HARDCORE, FLUNKS EXAM*