Sir Charles Kemeys, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Charles Kemeys, 2nd Baronet (–1658) was the second of the
Kemeys Baronets The Kemeys Baronetcy, of Kevanmabley (Cefn Mabley) in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 May 1642 for the Welsh landowner and politician Sir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st Baronet, Nicholas Kemeys. His ...
, a
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family of
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in the county of
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,
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. His father,
Sir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st Baronet Sir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st Baronet (before 1593 – 25 May 1648) was a Welsh people, Welsh landowner and soldier during the English Civil War in South Wales. Lineage The family claimed descent from a Stephen de Kemeys who held lands in the sout ...
was MP for Monmouth in 1628,
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in 1621 and
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in 1638, before being created the first
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in 1642 by
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. Sir Nicholas died on 25 May 1648, during the
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, defending
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against the Parliamentarian forces. Sir Charles, who had been educated at
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and at
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, was
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in 1643 and succeeded his father to the baronetcy. He was appointed
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in 1644. He also took part in the English Civil War on the king's side, attacking
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in 1646 and defending
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afterwards. When the castle surrendered, he was fined £3,500 (equivalent to £269,753 in 200

and exiled for two years. Sir Charles died in 1658. He was succeeded by his son,
Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet (died December 1702) was a Welsh landowner in the late 17th century and early 18th century in south Wales and MP for both Monmouthshire and Monmouth Boroughs. He was a student at Wadham College, Oxford. His fath ...
.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemeys, Charles 1610s births 1658 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Cavaliers Members of Gray's Inn Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford High sheriffs of Glamorgan 17th-century Welsh landowners