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Thomas Read Kemp (23 December 1782 – 20 December 1844) was an English property developer and politician.
The Kemp Town Estate
Retrieved 27/4/21. then conceived and developed the
Kemp married Frances Baring, daughter of
Thomas Read Kemp
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Life
He was the son of Sussex landowner and Member of ParliamentThomas Kemp Thomas Kemp may refer to:
*Thomas Read Kemp (1783–1844), English property developer and politician
*Thomas Webster Kemp (1866–1928), Royal Navy admiral
*Thomas Kemp of the Kemp baronets
*Thomas Kemp (shipbuilder)
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, and his wife Anne, daughter of Henry Read of Brookland. He was educated at Westminster School
Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It derives from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the 1066 Norman Conquest, as d ...
, and matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corporation established by a charter dated 9 April 1511. Th ...
in 1801. He graduated B.A. 1805, M.A. 1810. He entered the Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ...
in 1804.
Kemp lived at Herstmonceaux,Retrieved 27/4/21. then conceived and developed the
Regency
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
-style Kemp Town
Kemp Town Estate, also known as Kemp Town, is a 19th-century Regency architecture residential estate in the east of Brighton in East Sussex, England, UK. It consists of Arundel Terrace, Lewes Crescent, Sussex Square, Chichester Terrace, and ...
estate in Brighton on the south coast of England. He was Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
for Lewes
Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre ...
1811–16 and 1826–37 and for Arundel
Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.
The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much lar ...
1823–26.
He fled Britain in 1837 to escape his creditors and died in Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
in 1844. He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figures ...
. A tablet was erected to his memory at
St Nicholas's Church.
Family
Kemp married Frances Baring, daughter of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (18 April 1740 – 11 September 1810) was an English merchant banker, a member of the Baring family, later becoming the first of the Baring baronets.
Early life
He was born at Larkbeare House near Exeter, so ...
and Harriet Herring in 1806. They had four sons and six daughters. She died during childbirth in 1825 and was buried at St. Nicholas's Church.
As second marriage in 1832, Kemp wedded Frances Shakerley of Somerford, widow of Harvey Vigors. They had one son.
References
*Rose Collis (2010) ''The New Encyclopedia of Brighton'' Brighton and Hove City CouncilNotes
External links
*Thomas Read Kemp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemp, Thomas Read 1780s births 1844 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery History of Brighton and Hove UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge British politicians who committed suicide People from Herstmonceux Suicides in France 1840s suicides