Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert | |
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| Born | 1840 (1840) |
| Died | 5 March 1916(1916-03-05) (aged 75–76) |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier, cook |
Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert (1840 – 5 March 1916) was a British soldier who served in theBritish Indian Army, and wrote on cooking.
Kenney-Herbert enteredRugby School in 1855 as Arthur Robert Kenney.[1] He served in the Indian Army from age 19. A cornet in 1859, he served in theMadras Cavalry, having arrived in India on 31 October of that year. He reached the rank of major in 1875,[2] at this rank serving asdeputy assistant quartermaster general at Madras until 1881,[3] then as military secretary to the governor of Madras from 1881 to 1884. In 1885, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Madras Cavalry.[4] He retired in 1892 with the rank of colonel.[5][6]
Kenney-Herbert wrote regular articles aboutAnglo-Indian cookery forThe Madras Mail,Madras Atheneum andThe Daily News, using the pen-nameWyvern. These were collected and published in 1878 asCulinary Jottings for Madras, Or, A Treatise in Thirty Chapters on Reformed Cookery for Anglo-Indian Exiles, which went through six editions between 1878 and 1892.[7] Upon retiring from the army and returning to England, he started a cookery school – the Common-sense Cookery Association – in June 1894. Its premises were at 17Sloane Street in London.[8]
Kenney-Herbert was not avegetarian, but he did author the cookbookVegetarian and Simple Diet in 1904. The book espousesovo-lacto vegetarian recipes. It was positively reviewed inThe Lancet journal, which noted that "we are glad to welcome the appearance of a book which will teach householders that appetising dishes can be made from vegetables with the aid of eggs and milk products."[9]
Kenney-Herbert was fond ofkedgeree. His recipe consisted of boiledrice, choppedboiled egg, cold minced fish that is heated with herbs, pepper and salt.[10]
Kenney-Herbert was the son of the Rev. Arthur Robert Kenney (1805–1884), son ofArthur Henry Kenney and rector ofBourton-on-Dunsmore, and his wife Mary Louise Palmer. Rev. Arthur Robert Kenney changed his name in later life to Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert, his mother, Mary Lusinda, being daughter of Robert Herbert, of that family of Castle Island, a branch of that ofMuckross,County Kerry, where the Herbert family, originally from Wales, had been settled since the 1600s. Of this family were the Anglo-Irish politicianHenry Arthur Herbert, whosenamesake grandson was also a politician, and theRoyal Navy officerThomas Herbert.[11][12][13][14][15]
He married Agnes Cleveland, daughter of General John Wheeler Cleveland. Arthur Cleveland Herbert Kenney-Herbert of theNorthants Regiment was their son.[15] Kenney-Herbert died on 5 March 1916 at Sinclair Gardens inWest Kensington.[16]
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