{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} '''Sir Albert Kennedy''', KPM (11 May 1906 – 11 October 1991)<ref>''Sir Albert Kennedy.'' The Times (London, England), Saturday, October 19, 1991; pg. 14; Issue 64115</ref> was a United Kingdom police officer who was Inspector-General of the Royal Ulster Constabulary from 1961<ref>"The Crowned Harp: Policing Northern Ireland" Ellison, G/Smyth, J p23: London, Pluto Press, 2000 {{ISBN|0-7453-1398-1}}</ref> to 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalulsterconstabulary.org/kennedy.htm |title=RUC pen portrait |access-date=25 May 2016 |archive-date=8 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808212518/http://www.royalulsterconstabulary.org/kennedy.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He joined the force in 1924; and was promoted to District Inspector, 1936; County Inspector, 1951; Deputy Commissioner (Belfast), 1954; and Deputy Inspector General, 1957 before being given the top job.<ref>‘KENNEDY, Sir Albert (Henry)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U173571, accessed 25 May 2016]</ref>
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