Lieutenant Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion CIE (16 December 1866[1] – 26 March 1942[2]) was an officer in the British Indian Army and travel writer.
Educated at Monkton Combe School[3] and at Repton School,[4] 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.
[5] In 1907 Kennion was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran.
[7] 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[8] He retired on 9 April 1922.
In addition to his service, he was the author of several books about his travels in India and the surrounding countries.