[1] His work for various socialist organisations resulted in him becoming a journalist and later an editor of the Daily Herald, and briefly a publisher of Vanity Fair.
[1] In 1911 Kenney married Dano-Norwegian Asta Ingrid Brockdorff (1883–1947) and spent some time in Norway before the beginning of the First World War.
[5] Having compiled a report, Kenney was subsequently offered the job of press attaché in the British Legation (now Embassy) in Norway's capital Christiania (now Oslo).
[6] After World War I, Kenney, still working for the Foreign Office, travelled to Poland to assess the political situation and reported back to the British delegation for the Treaty of Versailles.
[5] Fleeing Oslo, Kenney found himself with a small contingent of British diplomats and intelligence officers, including Frank Foley and Margaret Reid.