Kathleen Agnes "Kick" Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), born Kathleen Agnes Kennedy, was the fourth child and second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. She was a sister of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy and widow of the heir-apparent to the Dukedom of Devonshire.
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph Kennedy ambassador to the United Kingdom, his daughter Kathleen (nic...
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Kathleen Agnes "Kick" Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), born Kathleen Agnes Kennedy, was the fourth child and second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. She was a sister of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy and widow of the heir-apparent to the Dukedom of Devonshire.
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph Kennedy ambassador to the United Kingdom, his daughter Kathleen (nicknamed "Kick" by her family) spent a year and a half living in London. She was educated in London at Queen's College.
Kennedy worked at Cissy Patterson's newspaper, the Washington Times-Herald in 1940, writing a column titled, "Did you happen to see . . . ?". In 1943, she returned to England to work in a centre for servicemen set up by the Red Cross. Despite the opposition of her Catholic mother, Kennedy married William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, an Anglican and the eldest son and heir-apparent of the 10th Duke of Devonshire, on May 6,...
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