JFK'S FAVORITE SISTER BORN IN BROOKLINE
Brookline (JFK+50) Kathleen Agnes 'Kick' Kennedy, the younger and favorite sister of future President John F. Kennedy, was born on February 20, 1920 here in Brookline.
Kathleen was the second daughter and fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and was called 'Kick' by everyone except her mother. She attended Riverdale County School and Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Kathleen's nickname, according to her great niece, namesake and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, came from the fact that she was "a lot of fun...a kick."
Kick was a London debutante in May 1938 when her father was ambassador to Great Britain and became a Red Cross volunteer during World War II.
Against the wishes of her mother, Kick married a Protestant, William Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, on May 6, 1944. The marriage was confirmed in a civil ceremony with the only other Kennedy in attendance being Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Again according to her great niece, "Marrying outside the church was probably the worst sin...it meant living in mortal sin and eventually going to hell." Lynn McTaggart writes..."(Kick) was the only rebel of the family."
Kick's husband, Billy Hartington, was killed by a German sniper just four months after their marriage on September 10, 1944.
After the war, Kathleen fell in love with still another Protestant, Peter Fitzwilliam, but the couple, flying from London to the French Riviera, died tragically in a crash on May 13, 1948.
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, is buried in a small churchyard in Edensor, England. The gravesite was visited by her brother Jack, the President of the United States, in 1963 just 5 months before his death.
SOURCES
"JFK's forgotten free-spirited sister was the most cursed of all," by Barbara Hoffman, January 16, 2016, www.nypost.com/
"Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times," by Lynne McTaggart, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1983.
"The forgotten Kennedy," by Kelly McLaughlin, January 16, 2016, www.dailymail.co.uk
"The Kennedy Curse," by Edward Klein, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2003.
Kathleen Kennedy
Brookline (JFK+50) Kathleen Agnes 'Kick' Kennedy, the younger and favorite sister of future President John F. Kennedy, was born on February 20, 1920 here in Brookline.
Kathleen was the second daughter and fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and was called 'Kick' by everyone except her mother. She attended Riverdale County School and Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Kathleen's nickname, according to her great niece, namesake and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, came from the fact that she was "a lot of fun...a kick."
Kick was a London debutante in May 1938 when her father was ambassador to Great Britain and became a Red Cross volunteer during World War II.
Against the wishes of her mother, Kick married a Protestant, William Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, on May 6, 1944. The marriage was confirmed in a civil ceremony with the only other Kennedy in attendance being Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Again according to her great niece, "Marrying outside the church was probably the worst sin...it meant living in mortal sin and eventually going to hell." Lynn McTaggart writes..."(Kick) was the only rebel of the family."
Kick's husband, Billy Hartington, was killed by a German sniper just four months after their marriage on September 10, 1944.
After the war, Kathleen fell in love with still another Protestant, Peter Fitzwilliam, but the couple, flying from London to the French Riviera, died tragically in a crash on May 13, 1948.
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, is buried in a small churchyard in Edensor, England. The gravesite was visited by her brother Jack, the President of the United States, in 1963 just 5 months before his death.
SOURCES
"JFK's forgotten free-spirited sister was the most cursed of all," by Barbara Hoffman, January 16, 2016, www.nypost.com/
"Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times," by Lynne McTaggart, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1983.
"The forgotten Kennedy," by Kelly McLaughlin, January 16, 2016, www.dailymail.co.uk
Kathleen Kennedy
London, England
JFK Library Photo (1943)
