[1] His parents were Joseph Kenworthy and Harriet Elizabeth Leatham.
He was educated at Rossall School in Lancashire, and attended Pembroke College, Cambridge.
[1] On 15 August 1884 Kenworthy married Elizabeth Florence of Sacramento, California.
In 1914 the House of Lords granted Kenworthy's petition, and he became the 9th Baron Strabolgi.
[1] He died on 12 February 1934, and his son Joseph succeeded him as 10th Baron Strabolgi.