[1][2][3][4][5] Kenney-Herbert entered Rugby School in 1855 as Arthur Robert Kenney.
A cornet in 1859, he served in the Madras Cavalry, having arrived in India on 31 October of that year.
These were collected and published in 1878 as Culinary Jottings for Madras, Or, A Treatise in Thirty Chapters on Reformed Cookery for Anglo-Indian Exiles, which went through seven editions.
It was positively reviewed in The 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.
Arthur Cleveland Herbert Kenney-Herbert of the Northants Regiment was their son.