Lieutenant Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion CIE (16 December 1866[1] - 26 March 1942[2]) was an officer in the British Indian Army and travel writer. Educated at Monkton Combe School[3] and at Repton School,[4] he was first commissioned in 1887, entered the Central India Horse in 1890 and joined the Indian Foreign and Political Department in 1893, serving in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh.[5] In 1907 Kennion was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran.[6] In 1915 the then Lt. Colonel Kennion was appointed the Consul for Arabistan at Kermanshah.[7]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the London Gazette of 1 January 1918 for meritorious service in connection with the war[8]

He retired on 9 April 1922.[9] and died in Petersfield, Hampshire in 1942.

In addition to his service, he was the author of several books about his travels in India and the surrounding countries. Kennion's correspondence papers with Lord Hardinge are recorded in the National Register of Archives[10]

Kennion and his wife Marion had a daughter, Iris Alice (b. 1901 d. 1977).[11]

List of Publications

References

  1. ↑ Indian Army List supplement 1930
  2. ↑ Officer casualties of the Indian Armies 1803-1946 by A. J. Farrington
  3. ↑ Monkton Combe School register 1868-1965
  4. ↑ Monkton Combe School Register 1868-1965
  5. ↑ Curzon Collection: Views of the North-West Frontier and the Gilgit-Chitral Frontier. British Library.
  6. ↑ "No. 27997". The London Gazette. 19 February 1907. p. 1193.
  7. ↑ "No. 29119". The London Gazette. 6 April 1915. p. 3332.
  8. ↑ "No. 30451". The London Gazette. 1 January 1918. p. 83.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1930
  10. ↑ Kennion, Roger Lloyd (1866-1942) Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Administrator National Register of Archives
  11. ↑ Person Page - 51372. The Peerage. Site accessed 24 June 2012.
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