Name Roger Kennion Role Writer | Died 1942 | |
Books By Mountain, Lake and Plain: Being a Sketch of Sport in Eastern Persia | ||
Lieutenant Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion CIE (16 December 1866 - 26 March 1942) was an officer in the British Indian Army and travel writer. 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. In 1907 Kennion was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran. In 1915 the then Lt. Colonel Kennion was appointed the Consul for Arabistan at Kermanshah.
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
He retired on 9 April 1922.
In addition to his service, he was the author of number 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
Kennion had a daughter, Iris Alice (b. 1901 d. 1977).