Kennedy Brothers

A Furness mining and ironworks firm controlled by the Kennedy family, who held the mineral leases at Roanhead from before 1857 across three generations: Charles Storr Kennedy, his grandson Myles Burton Kennedy (also chairman of the North Lonsdale Ironworks Company from 1889 until his death in 1928), and then Myles Burton's son Nigel.

Mines operated

Record created: 29 August 2026 · Last researched: 29 August 2026