they made a determined stand at Driefontein and there the brunt of the fighting fell on the 6th division, which Kelly-Kenny handled with such skill that the Boers never again accepted a pitched battle. After the occupation of Bloemfontein and Lord Roberts's advance to Pretoria, Kelly-Kenny was left in command in the Free State, where his chief business was to protect the long railway communications against General Christian De Wet's numerous raids. In the autumn of 1900 he came home with Lord Roberts.
Kelly-Kenny had been promoted lieutenant-general in 1899, and in 1902 he received the K.C.B. for his services in the war. He was adjutant-general of the forces from 1901 to 1904. In 1904 he received the G.C.B., and he was promoted general in 1905. In the latter year he accompanied Prince Arthur of Connaught on the mission sent to confer the order of the Garter on the Mikado. He retired in 1907 and died 26 December 1914 at Brighton. He was unmarried.
[Sir J. F. Maurice, History of the War in South Africa, 1899–1902, vols. i, ii, 1906–1908; personal knowledge.]
KENDAL, WILLIAM HUNTER (1848–1917), actor-manager, whose real name was William Hunter Grimston, the eldest son of Edward Hunter Grim- ston, by his wife, Louisa Ryder, was born in London 16 December 1848. He made his first appearance on the stage at the old Soho (afterwards the Royalty) Theatre 6 April 1861, as Louis XIV in A Life's Revenge, assuming the name of Kendal for his debut. He remained at this theatre nearly a year. In 1862 he went to the Moor Street Theatre, Birmingham, and subsequently became a member of the stock company at the Theatre Royal, - Glasgow, where he remained four years, playing a great number of parts and acquiring much experience. He then returned to London and was engaged by John Baldwin Buckstone [q.v.] for the Haymarket Theatre, making his first appearance there 31 October 1866 as Angus Mandeville in A Dangerous Friend. He remained a member of this company for eight years, playing numerous leading parts. Among those of which he was the original exponent were Bob Levitt (Mary Warner, June 1869), Prince Philamir (The Palace of Truth, November 1870), Pygmalion (Pygmalion and Galatea, December 1871), Ethais (The Wicked World, January 1873), and Frederick Smailey (Charity, January 1874). In addition he played numerous parts in revivals of old comedy and standard plays, such as Master Wildrake (The Love Chase), Charles Surface, Orlando, Romeo, Captain Absolute, Young Marlow, and Dazzle (London Assurance). During 1874-1875, in conjunction with his wife Margaret (Madge) Robertson, sister of the dramatist Thomas William Robertson [q.v.], whom he had married in August 1869, he fulfilled engagements at the Opera Comique and Gaiety Theatre; and then in 1875 he entered into ‘silent’ partnership with (Sir) John Hare [q.v.] at the Court Theatre. Here he played Harry Armytage (Lady Flora, March 1875), Christian Douglas (A Nine Days' Wonder, June 1875), Prince Florian (Broken Hearts, December 1875), and Colonel Blake (in a revival of A Scrap of Paper, March 1876). Together with his wife he was then engaged by the Bancrofts for the Prince of Wales's Theatre, first appearing there in Peril (September 1876), in which he made a great success as Dr. Thornton. For two years he continued there successfully, as George Clarke (The Vicarage), Charles Courtly (London Assurance), and Julian Beauclere (Diplomacy), the last-mentioned part being one of his greatest successes. In 1879 he rejoined John Hare at the Court Theatre, and played in A Scrap of Paper, The Ladies' Battle, and The Queen's Shilling. In October 1879, at the St. James’s Theatre, he entered into an open partnership with Hare which lasted until July 1888. Many notable productions were made during this period, in most of which Kendal played leading parts. An early production (December 1879) was Lord Tennyson’s one-act play, The Falcon, in which Kendal played Count Alberighi. Subsequently he played John Mildmay (in a revival of Still Waters Run Deep), William (William and Susan, a new version of Black-Eye'd Susan), Lord Kingussie (The Moneyspinner), Lieutenant Thorndyke (The Squire), Captain Crichton (Impulse), Philippe Derblay (The Ironmaster, in which he was very successful), Orlando, Geoffrey Roydant (Mayfair), Lord Clancarty (Lady Clancarty), and Sir Walter Amyot (The Wife's Secret).
After July 1888 Kendal and his wife spent much time in touring the English provinces and the United States, though many London engagements under their own management intervened. At the Court Theatre (March 1889) he played Ira Lee in The Weaker Sex, which was followed by a fine performance of the part of Sir John Molyneux in A White Lie. In October 1889, on their first visit to America, they
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