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Templars
editTo address CorbieVreccan's edit summary:
First off, the historic Knights Templar was suppressed over seven centuries ago. Kennealy is no more a member of that order than my cat is. There are certainly a number of fly-by-night contemporary outfits that call themselves "Knights Templar," and as such "orders" often do, they levy spurious claims of "lineage" to the historic outfits. Kennealy may indeed be a member of one of them (but see below). This, of course, would not be the same order to which the novel claims Douglas belonged, and linking Douglas and Kennealy through it is simply inaccurate.
Secondly, this is not Kennealy's article, and that kind of biographical trivia isn't pertinent in this article. Although ...
... thirdly, as far as the sourcing for that information (in Kennealy's article) goes, in violation of WP:V and WP:BIO, we seem only to have her word for it. Were I editing that article, I'd remove it pending a third-party cite, or else change it to a claim rather than a stated fact. (Hrm. I think I'll actually go over there and make that edit.)
Finally, that no one's contested this before is utterly irrelevant. Unsourced inaccuracies do not become hallowed over time, and if that edit had been on Wikipedia a dozen years (instead of being added by an anon IP this past March), it'd still be liable for removal. Ravenswing 20:58, 4 January 2016 (UTC)