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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 Regency-style Kemp Town estate in Brighton on the south coast of England. He was Member of Parliament for
Kemp married Frances Baring, daughter of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet 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.
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 19th century in 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 died by suicide People from Herstmonceux Suicides in Paris 1840s suicides
Life
He was the son ofSussex
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landowner and Member of Parliament Thomas Kemp, and his wife Anne, daughter of Henry Read of Brookland. He was educated at Westminster School
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, and matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge
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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 entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi ...
in 1804.
Kemp lived at Herstmonceaux,Retrieved 27/4/21. then conceived and developed the Regency-style Kemp Town estate in Brighton on the south coast of England. He was Member of Parliament for
Lewes
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1811–16 and 1826–37 and for Arundel 1823–26.
He fled Britain in 1837 to escape his creditors and died in Paris
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in 1844. He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery (, , formerly , ) is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at . With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world.
Buried at Père Lachaise are many famous figures in the ...
. A tablet was erected to his memory at
St Nicholas's Church.
Family
Kemp married Frances Baring, daughter of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet 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 19th century in 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 died by suicide People from Herstmonceux Suicides in Paris 1840s suicides