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* KENRICK. 446 KENT. account of his introduction of the mulberry, and the active part he took in the attempt to estab- lisli tlio silk industry in America, llis book. The ADiericini i<illc-(J rowers' lluidc, a treatise on mul- berry culture, appeared in IS.'J.'i. Of all the plants he introduced, probably no other is so fre- (juently seen as the llombardy poplar, the well- known erect species. KEN'SAIi GREEN. A London cemetery, oc- cupyiiiL' alM)ut ^ixly acres and containing about seventy thousand graves; Sydney Smith. the actor Kemble, Sir Charles Eastlake, Leigli Hunt, Thackeray, and other celebrities are buried liere. Members of the Cliurch of Enghmd are interred in a consecrated division of llie cemetery. KEN'SETT, Jon. Frederick (1818-7-2). An American landscape painter, born in Cheshire, Conn. He tirst studied eiigravin<; under Daggett, and then went abroad, where he remained seven years (1840-47). He traveled and painted in England, Switzerland, and Italy. In 1845 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, and four years later became a National Academician. After his return to America he lived principally in New York City. His best landscapes, usually of small size, are views of American coast scen- ery or Hudson River sul)jccts. They are i)ainted with great delicacy and refinement, and, despite their lame drawing and often faulty composition, have the charm of lightness and harmony in color. His works include: "Sunset on the Coast" (1858) ; "October Afternoon" (1864; in the Cor- coran Gallery at Wasliington, D. C.) ; "Noon on the Sea-shore" (engraved by Hunt): "White Mountains;" and a number of landscapes in the Metropolitan Museum. New York City. KEN'SINGTON GARDENS. One of the public ornamental parks of London, extending on the west side of Hyde Park, from which it is partly separated by the Serpentine. It is trav- ersed by walks, and ornamented with rows and clumps of noble trees. Near the western border of the park stands Kensington Palace. The gar- dens at first consisted of the grounds att.ached to the palace, and were only 26 acres in extent, but they have been frequently enlarged, and now are two and a half miles in circuit. There are many notalile buildings in the vicinity. KENSINGTON PALACE. A royal residence in the Parish of Kensington, London. In it Wil- liam 111. and Mary, Queen . ne and her hus- band. Prince George of Denmark, and George II. died. It was the birthplace of Queen Victoria, who there was informed of William IV. "s death and her own accession to the throne. The palace was later the residence of Princess Louise and the !Marf]uis of Lome, and of the Prince and Princess of Teck. KENT. A maritime county in the southeast of England, boinuled north by the Thanies and the North Sea, east by the North Sea, and southeast by the Strait of Dover (Map: England, G 5). Area, lolO square miles. Kent is a'highly pro- ductive agricultural county, with numerous mar- ket-gardens, orchards, and hop-fields. It has al- ways been the leading hoi)-growing county of England. It contains the cities of Canterbury, Rochester, and ]faidstone, the county-town, the important doelnards and arsenals of Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheemess, and the famous water- ing-places of ilargate. Ramsgnte. and Tnnbridge Wells. Population, in 1891, 1,142,300: in 1001, 1,352,000. Kent was at one time an Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It was settled by the .Jules, and be- came prominent when its King, Ethelliert (q.v.), was converted to Christianity by Saint Augus- tine in 51)7. This King also extended his rule until in 5li8 he was defeated at Wimbledon by the West Saxons. When Ethclbert died, in tilO, the kingdom became pagan again for a short time. It rapidly declined in power, and re- mained important chielly as the seat of the -Vrchbishop of Canterbury. In the cour.se of the eighth century it lust all independence, and it was ruled over by the State tjuit happened to be supreme, whether it was W esscx (<i.v. ) or Mercia (q.v.). During the reign of William I. Kent seems to have been a county palatine. Sev- eral codes of law of the old kingdom have come down to us. Consult Hasted, The Uixlort/ and Topogniphicul tiurrcy of Kent (Canterbury. 18S(i). KENT, Earl of. In Shakes]ieare's Kinri Lear, a faithful attendant on the old King, under the ■ assumed name of Cains. KENT, EoWARD AtoisTL-.s, Duke of (1707- 1820). An English jjrince. the fourth son of George III. and father of t^ueen Victiu'ia. He entered the army, and in 1794 served under Sir Charles Grey in the attack on the French West India_ Islands ; in recognition of his valor. Fort Royal, in Martinique, was changed to Fort Edward. In 1799 he was made Duke of Kent and Strathern, and a|)pointeiI eonunander- in-chief of the British forces in North America. The naire of the island of Saint John was changed in his honor to Prince Edward Island. In 1818 he married Victoria JIary Louisa, Dowager Priu- cess of Leiningen. KENT, Fair Maid of. A name given to Joan, wife of Edward, the Black Prince. KENT, .LvcoB Ford (1835—). An American soldier. He was born in Philadelphia, and graduated at West Point in ISiil. He served through the Civil War, especially distinguishing himself at Spottsylvania and in the campaign before Riciimond, and in October, 1804, was brevetted colonel of volunteers. At the close of the war he became assistant instructor in tactics at West Point, and from 1809 to the time of the Spanish War was on frontier duty or in garrison. He took part in the Cidian campaign, couunanding the forces which captured El Caney. and in .July, 1898, became major-general of vol- unteers. In October. 1S9S, he was retired, short- ly after being promoted to the grade of brigadier- general in the regular .service. KENT, .Tasies (17G3-1847). Aij eminent American jurist, born in Frederieksburgh. Put- nam Couniy, N. Y.. July 31. 1703. the son of Morse and Hannah Rogers Kent. His father was a lawyer of some distinction; and the son. after gra<liiating from Yale College in 1781, entered upon the study of law, was admitted to the bar in I7S5, and began the practice of his profession at Poughkeei)sie. He was electe<l to the New York .sseml)ly in 1790, 1792 and 1790. He re- moved to New Y'ork City in 1793, and during the same year was chosen to fill the new professor- ship of law in Colinnbia College. The early recognition of his abilities by Hamilton, Ja.v. and other leaders of the b'ederalist Party, to which he had attached himself, led to liis appointment and rapid advancement as a judicial ollicer. In