R.N.) _b._ London 9 Oct. 1796; practised as special pleader;
barrister L.I. 7 May 1824; went Norfolk circuit; K.C. 27 Dec.
1834, bencher of his inn 1838–66; contested Hythe 1830, Ipswich
1832 and 1841, and Lyme Regis 1847; M.P. for Ipswich 8 Jany.
1835 to June 1835 when unseated on petition; contested Ipswich
27 July 1837, seated on petition 26 Feb. 1838 and sat for it
until 1841; M.P. for Cambridge borough 1843–1847, M.P. East
Suffolk 1852–1866; standing counsel to Bank of England, May
1845; solicitor general 29 June 1845 to 2 July 1846 and 27 Feb.
1852 to 28 Dec. 1852; knighted at Buckingham palace 8 Aug. 1845;
attorney general 26 Feb. 1858 to 18 June 1859; serjeant at law
16 July 1866, admitted 2 Nov. 1866; lord chief baron of court of
exchequer 16 July 1866 to Nov. 1875 when he became a judge of
supreme court of judicature but retained his former title by act
of parliament; P.C. 10 Nov. 1866. _d._ Bedford hotel, Brighton
17 Sep. 1880. _bur._ Highgate cemet. 22 Sep. _A generation of
Judges. By Their Reporter_ (1886) 38–53; _Public men of Ipswich_
(1875) 71–8; _Illust. news of the world_, _vol. i_ (1858),
_portrait_; _I.L.N. vii_ 48 (1845) _portrait_, _lxxvii_ 324
(1880) _portrait_.
NOTE.--At one time his income at the bar amounted to £25,000 a year,
a sum scarcely ever equalled by an advocate of late years, except by
Lord Selborne when Roundell Palmer. He made his famous defence of John
Tawell the Quaker murderer, at Aylesbury assizes March 1845, which
gained him sobriquet of ‘Apple pip Kelly,’ this was the first occasion
on which the telegraph was called in to assist in securing a murderer.
See _Browne and Stewart’s Reports of trials_ (1883) 16–49.
KELLY, FRANCES MARIA (dau. of Mark Kelly _d._ Canterbury 4
April 1833). _b._ Brighton 15 Dec. 1790; appeared at Drury
Lane in opera of Bluebeard 16 Jany. 1798; chorister Drury Lane
1799; took many of Madame Storace’s characters and afterwards
those of Mrs. Jordan, at Drury Lane and the Italian opera
1800–1806; learnt Italian, French and Latin; co-operated with
Edmund Kean at Drury Lane 1812 and frequently played Ophelia to
his Hamlet; while acting in Modern Antiques at Covent Garden
17 Feb. 1816 George Barnett fired a pistol at her; made final
appearance at Drury Lane 8 June 1835; besides impersonating many
of Shakespeare’s heroines, she played all the leading comedy
characters in the English drama, and was superior in melodrama
to all other actresses; lessee of New Strand theatre where she
gave a monologue entertainment Feb. to Oct. 1833 with which she
afterwards travelled in the provinces; built a theatre at back
of 73 Dean st. Soho for a dramatic school, opened 25 March
1840 and called Miss Kelly’s theatre, where she gave occasional
dramatic performances; gave Shakespeare readings in the country;
her theatre seized by the landlord 1849, she lost £16,000. _d._
Ross cottage, Feltham, Middlesex 6 Dec. 1882. _bur._ Brompton
cemetery 16 Dec. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography_, _i_ 215–24
(1825), _portrait_; _Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses_, _ii_
223–34 (1844); _Illust. sp. and dr. news_, _xii_ 414 (1880),
_portrait_; _Theatrical Inquisitor_, _v_ 203–206 (1814),
_portrait_, _viii_ 83–86 (1816), _portrait_; _I.L.N. viii_ 9
(1846), _portrait_, _lxxxi_ 661 (1882), _portrait_.
NOTE.--Her sister Lydia Eliza Kelly an actress _b._ London 2 June 1795,
_d._ in U.S. of America before 1882. _Theatrical Inquisitor_, _vi_ 323
(1815), _portrait_; _Ireland’s Records_, _i_ 433 (1866).
KELLY, FRANCIS (son of Edward Kelly). _b._ Drumragh, co. Tyrone
31 July 1813; ed. at Maynooth 1835; ordained priest 13 June
1840; C. of Drumragh 1840–6; professor in the diocesan seminary,
Derry, July 1846; C. of Strabane; C. of Culdaff; parish priest
of Upper Fahan to 1849; D.D.; bishop of Derry 8 Aug. 1849 to
death, consecrated in Derry 21 Oct. 1849; built Derry cath. at
cost of £40,000. _d._ St. Eugene’s, Derry 1 Sep. 1889. _The
Derry Journal 2, 4, 6 Sep. 1889._
KELLY, GORDON WILLIAM (only child of rev. Dr. John Kelly
1750–1809, Manx scholar, V. of Ardleigh near Colchester). _b._
Isle of Man 1786; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., fellow, B.A.
1808, M.A. 1811; called to bar of Isle of Man; recorder of
Colchester to death. (_m._ 1830 Miss White, she founded 1858
the Kelly scholarship in King William’s college, Isle of Man,
also the Kelly prize in same college for proficiency in the Manx
language). _d._ Oxney Green House, Whittle near Chelmsford 4
April 1858.
KELLY, JOHN. _b._ Edinburgh 1 Dec. 1801; independent minister
of Bethesda chapel, Liverpool, Sep. 1829; his new chapel at
Everton, Liverpool, opened 23 Nov. 1837, retired from it 28
Sep. 1873; a director of London missionary society many years;
chairman of Congregational union of England and Wales in London,
May 1851, and at Northampton, Oct. 1851; author of The voluntary
support of the Christian ministry the law of the New Testament
1838; Discourses on holy scripture 1850 and other books. _d._
18 Richmond terrace, Liverpool 12 June 1876. _Hassan’s Rev.
John Kelly, a memorial_ (1876), _portrait_; _Waddington’s
Congregational history_, _v_ 561–9 (1880).
KELLY, JOHN. _b._ 1834; presbyterian minister at Hebburn
and Streatham; editor of tracts of Religious tract soc. 56
Paternoster row, London; author of P. Gerhardt’s Spiritual
songs, translated 1867; The king and the kingdom 1867; Who is
the apostate? A passover story by A Saphir, translated 1878;
Louisa of Prussia and other sketches 1888. _d._ Braemar 19 July
1890. _Christian World 24 July 1890 p._ 601.
KELLY, MATTHEW (eld. son of James Kelly). _b._ Maudlin st.
Kilkenny 21 Sep. 1814; studied at Maynooth 1831–9; professor of
philosophy and theology successively in the Irish college, Paris
1839–41; professor of belles-lettres and French at Maynooth 5
Nov. 1841, of ecclesiastical history 20 Oct. 1857 to death;
created D.D. by Pius IX. 1854; a canon of Ossory about 1854;
member of council of Celtic Society for which he edited John
Lynch’s Cambrensis Eversus. Dublin 3 vols. 1848–52; also edited
White’s Apologia 1849, and O’Sullivan Beare’s Historiæ Catholicæ
Hiberniæ Compendium; author of Calendar of Irish saints, the
martyrology of Tallagh, with notices of the patron saints of
Ireland. Dublin 1857. _d._ Maynooth 30 Oct. 1858. _Dissertations
chiefly on Irish church history, by M. Kelly_ (1864), _with a
memoir by Dr. Mc.Carthy, pp. v–xiii_.
KELLY, PETER BURROWES. _b._ Stradbally; called to bar in
Ireland; clerk of the peace for Queen’s co. to death;
contributed to Dublin Review and other periodicals; author of
The manor of Glenmore, or the Irish peasant. By a Member of the
Irish bar 3 vols. 1839; The Polish mother, a tragedy in five
acts 1840, and of some light dramatic pieces which are still
played. _d._ Glentolka, Fairview near Dublin 24 March 1883.
_Irish Law Times_, _xvii_ 183 191 (1883).
KELLY, THOMAS (son of John Kelly of Chevening, Kent, innkeeper,
_d._ 1810). _b._ Chevening 7 Jany. 1772; assistant in employ
of Alexander Hogg of 16 Paternoster row 1786–1809; publisher
at 52 Paternoster row 1809; one of common council of ward of
Farringdon within 9 May 1823, alderman of same ward Dec. 1830
to death; sheriff of London 1825–6, lord mayor 1836–37; lived
at Streatham hill; printed Kelly’s Practical Builders’ price
book 1850, 2 ed. 1861. _d._ 4 Buenos Ayres, Margate 7 Sep.
1855. _bur._ churchyard of Chelsham, Surrey, by the side of his
parents. _Passages from the life of Alderman Kelly. By R. C.
Fell_ (1856), _portrait_; _Curwen’s Booksellers_ (1873) 363–71.
KELLY, THOMAS CONYNYHAM. _b._ 22 Dec. 1808; ensign 31 foot 3
April 1828, lieut. col. 15 June 1855 to 11 March 1857 when
placed on h.p.; lieut. col. of 38 foot 17 July 1857, and of 47
foot 4 Feb. 1859 to 3 March 1863 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 1
Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 22 Dec. 1878; hon. general
1 July 1881; C.B. 17 June 1858. _d._ Ellerslie, Canterbury 15
March 1887.
KELSEY, ELIZABETH. _b._ 1852; ballet dancer and actress;
appeared in New York 12 Sep. 1866 with her sister Harriet
Kelsey in The White Fawn, then in The Black Crook; appeared in
burlesques in the English provinces to 1886; played in New York
in Lost in the Snow. _d._ New York 14 Feb. 1888.
KELSIEFF, BASIL IVANOVITCH. _b._ St. Petersburg about 1835; came
to London 1857; on the staff of Alexander Hertzen’s journal The
Kolokol; with his brother John Kelsieff attempted a revolution
in Russia which failed; returned to England 1865; removed
publication of the Kolokol to Geneva; reconciled to Russian
government; published many works in Russian. _d._ St. Petersburg
1872.
KELSO, THOMAS. _b._ Ireland 1784, settled at Baltimore, U.S.
America 1791; director of Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railway co. 37 years; president Equitable fire insurance
co.; V.P. of First National bank of Baltimore; founded the
Kelso orphan home, Baltimore at cost of 120,000 dollars. _d._
Baltimore 26 July 1878.
KELTY, MARY ANN (dau. of an Irish surgeon who _d._ Cambridge
1822). _b._ Cambridge 1789; converted under Charles Simeon’s
preaching at Cambridge; lived at 5 Hanover st. Rye lane,
Peckham, London 1832 to death; author of The Favourite of Nature
1821 an anonymous novel, translated into French under title of
Eliza Rivers 1823; Early days in the Society of Friends 1840;
Reminiscences of thought and feeling 1852; The real and the beau
ideal 1860; The solace of a solitaire 1869; the majority of her
works simply bear her initials M.A.K. _d._ 5 Hanover st. Peckham
8 Jany. 1873.
KELYNACK, WILLIAM (3 child of Nicholas Kelynack of Newlyn
near Penzance, _drowned_ 21 Jany. 1854). _b._ Newlyn 22 May
1832; ed. at Penzance; Wesleyan M. minister 1854 when he went
as a missionary to New South Wales; representative of N.S.W.
conference at the conference at Bristol 1876; D.D. of Univ. of
New Orleans 1877; president of N.S.W. Wesleyan conference 1880;
sec. of
Wesleyan missions 1882; president of Newington coll. Sydney;
a great orator, called The silver trumpet of Australia; with
others edited The Christian advocate and Wesleyan record. Sydney
187-. _d._ Sydney, Oct. 1891.
KEMBLE, ADELAIDE (younger dau. of the succeeding). _b._ Covent
Garden chambers, London 1814; first appeared as a soprano singer
at Concert of ancient music 13 May 1835; sang at Prague and
Paris 1837–8; first appeared in opera at the Fenice theatre,
Venice as Norma; sang at Covent Garden and in the provinces
1841–2, her chief characters being Norma, Susanna and Amina;
last appeared on the stage 23 Dec. 1842; one of the best English
singers of the century. (_m._ 1843 Edward John Sartoris of
Warnford park, Hants., _b._ 1817, M.P. for Carmarthen 1868–74);
composed a few vocal pieces; author of A week in a French
country house 1867; Medusa and other tales 1868, reprinted as
Past Hours 2 vols. 1880. _d._ Warsash house, Warsash, Hampshire
4 Aug. 1879. _Wilson’s Our Actresses_, _ii_ 253–68 (1844),
_portrait_; _Cruikshank’s Omnibus_ (1842) 238, _portrait_; _C.
E. Pascoe’s Dramatic List_ (1880) 402–5.
KEMBLE, CHARLES (4 son of Roger Kemble 1721–1802, theatrical
manager). _b._ Brecknock, South Wales 25 Nov. 1775; ed. at R.C.
coll. Douay 3 years; clerk in general post office, London; made
his début at Sheffield as Orlando, in As you like it 1792;
appeared at Drury Lane as Malcolm 21 April 1794; during 30 years
he is said to have steadily improved; played at Haymarket in
summer season; the original of Henry Woodville in The Wheel
of Fortune 28 Feb. 1794, and of Alonzo in Pizarro 24 May
1799; joined his brother at Covent Garden 1803; the original
Knight of Snowdon in the Lady of the Lake 5 Feb. 1811; acted
in Brussels, Calais and Boulogne 1813–15; manager of Covent
Garden 1822–32; assaulted C. M. Westmacott editor of the Age,
for remarks made on his dau. Fanny Kemble 1830; visited America
with his dau. 1832–34; made his last appearance on the stage
10 April 1840; examiner of plays 17 Oct. 1836 to 22 Feb. 1840;
gave Shakespearean readings at Willis’ rooms 1844–45. (_m._
2 July 1806 Maria Theresa dau. of George De Camp, she was
_b._ Vienna 17 Jany. 1774, dancer and actress, _d._ Chertsey
3 Sep. 1838); entertained by the Garrick club 10 Jany. 1837;
his best characters were Romeo, Hamlet and Mercutio; author of
The wanderer or the rights of hospitality, a drama 1808; Plot
or counterplot or the portrait of Michael Cervantes, a farce
1808; The point of honour, a play 1800; C. Kemble’s Shakespeare
readings 1870; Shakespeare for schools, as abridged by C. Kemble
1883. _d._ Saville row, London 12 Nov. 1854. _Oxberry’s Dramatic
Biography_, _iii_ 1–14 (1825), _portrait_; _A. Brereton’s Some
famous Hamlets_ (1884) 27–30; _Bentley’s Miscellany_, _xxxvi_
623–30 (1854); _Fraser’s Mag. Dec. 1854 pp._ 607–617; _P.
Fitzgerald’s The Kembles_, _i_ 225, 310, _ii_ 386–9 (1871);
_I.L.N. i_ 364 (1842), _portrait_, _xxv_ 514–6 (1854).
KEMBLE, CHARLES (only son of Charles Adams Kemble of Clapham
common, Surrey _d._ 1819). _b._ 1819; ed. Wad. coll. Oxf., B.A.
1841, M.A. 1844; C. of St. Michael’s, Stockwell 1842–44; P.C.
of St. Michael’s, Stockwell 1844–59; Sunday evening lecturer
at Ch. Ch. Spitalfields 1848–51; R. of Bath abbey ch. 1859 to
death; preb. of Wells cath. 1866; member of Bath sch. board 31
Jany. 1871, chairman thereof; author of The mysteries of the
gospel 1853; Farewell sermons preached at St. Michael’s church,
Stockwell 1859; Suggestive hints on parochial machinery 1859, 3
ed. 1865; Memorials of a closed ministry, a selection of sermons
3 vols. 1875; edited Church psalmody, a selection of psalm
and hymn tunes 1840; A selection of psalms and hymns by S. S.
Wesley, arranged by C. Kemp 1864. _d._ Vellore, Bath 18 Nov.
1874.
KEMBLE, HENRY (son of Edward Kemble, member of corporation of
London). _b._ 1787; M.P. for East Surrey 3 Aug. 1837 to 23 July
1847. _d._ Grove hill, Camberwell, London 18 May 1857.
KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (eld. son of Charles Kemble 1775–1854).
_b._ London 2 April 1807; ed. by Dr. C. Richardson the
philologist at Clapham, at Bury St. Edmunds gr. sch. and at
Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833; studied at the Inner
Temple; studied in Germany under Jacob Grimm; lectured at
Cambridge on the Anglo-Saxon language and literature 1834;
editor of British and Foreign Rev. 1835–44; examiner of
stage plays 24 Feb. 1840 to death; lived in Hanover and made
archæological excavations in Lüneburg for the government July
1849 to May 1855, his official duties in England being taken
by W. B. Donne; went to Dublin to collect Keltic and Roman
antiquities for Art treasures exhibition, Manchester, Feb.
1857; editor of The Anglo-Saxon poems of Beowulf, edited with a
glossary and preface 1833; Codex diplomaticus ævi Saxonici opera
J. M. K. English Historical Soc. 6 vols. 1839–48; The poetry
of the Codex Vercellensis, with a translation. Aelfric Soc.
1843; Certaine considerations upon the government of England.
Camden Soc. 1849; State papers and correspondence illustrative
of the state of Europe from the revolution to the accession of
the house of Hanover 1857; author of The Saxons in England.
A history of the English Commonwealth till the period of the
Norman conquest 2 vols. 1849, new ed. 2 vols. 1876. _d._ Gresham
hotel, 21 Upper Sackville st. Dublin 26 March 1857. _bur._ St.
Jerome cemet. _Fraser’s Mag. May 1857 pp._ 612–18; _G.M. ii_
620–21 (1857).
KEMEYS-TYNTE, CHARLES JOHN (only son of Charles Kemeys-Tynte
of Halswell house, Bridgewater, Somerset). _b._ Halswell house
9 April 1800; ed. at Eton; M.P. for West Somerset 1832–37;
contested West Somerset 1837; M.P. for Bridgewater 1847–65;
col. of Royal Glamorgan militia 1848–62; claimed the barony of
Wharton; author of Sketch of the French revolution of 1830. _d._
Balnageith, Torquay 16 Sep. 1882.
KEMM, WILLIAM HENRY. Entered Bengal army 1799; col. 62 Bengal
N.I. 11 Nov. 1837; col. 25 Bengal N.I. 1849 to death; L.G. 11
Nov. 1851. _d._ St. Heliers, Jersey 25 May 1859 aged 76.
KEMMIS, HENRY (2 son of Thomas Kemmis of Shaen castle near
Maryborough, Queen’s county 1753–1823). _b._ 19 Sep. 1776; ed.
Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1795, M.A. 1832; called to Irish bar
1795; M.P. for Tralee 1797–1800; assist. barrister for co.
Kildare, afterwards for co. Dublin; chairman of quarter sessions
of Kilmainham; K.C. 18 Feb. 1822; bencher of King’s Inns 1843.
_d._ Kilmainham, Dublin 2 April 1857.
KEMMIS, THOMAS (2 son of William Kemmis _d._ 1864). _b._ 9 April
1807; ed. Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A. 1829; barrister in Ireland
1834; crown solicitor for Leinster circuit, Dec. 1852 to Sep.
1869; solicitor to the crown and treasury, Ireland, Sep. 1869 to
death, this office had been held in his family uninterruptedly
since 1783. _d._ 45 Kildare st. Dublin 18 Dec. 1868.
KEMMIS, WILLIAM (3 son of Thomas Kemmis of Shaen castle
1753–1823). _b._ 23 Oct. 1777; crown solicitor for Dublin
1801–52; for the Leinster circuit 1801–52; solicitor to the
Treasury 1801–59; conducted the state prosecutions 1798–1848,
was present and assisted at all the great state trials of his
time. _d._ 45 Kildare st. Dublin 20 July 1864.
KEMP, EDWARD CURTIS. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., 12th
wrangler 1817, B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820; C. of Lyndhurst 1825–8; R.
of Whissonsett and Horningtoft 1829–65; chaplain to Dukes of
Cambridge 1841 to death; P.C. of St. George, Yarmouth 1865 to
death; author of A small dictionary for the use of the poor,
an attempt to explain difficult words in the Bible and Prayer
book 1826; The refutation of nonconformity on its own professed
principle 1836; An exposition of some of the differences
between Scripture and Calvinism 1843; Every infant regenerated
in baptism, a doctrine of the church of England 1850; An
introduction to the newly discovered proofs of the divine
authority of the New Testament 1859; Isaaci Wattsii Carminum
Fasciculus qui inscribitur “Divine Songs” Latine redditorum
1848. _d._ 51 King st. Yarmouth 10 June 1881 aged 86.
KEMP, FRANCIS BARING (son of Thomas Read Kemp, M.P. Lewes,
founder of Kemp-town, Brighton). _b._ 1812; ed. at Eton; writer
H.E.I.C.S. 1830; served in the revenue and judicial departments
in various districts of Bengal; collector Tirhoot 1851; civil
and sessions judge Backergunge and Jessore 1855–62; judge of the
high court of judicature, Calcutta 1862, retired 1878. _d._ 14
Denmark ter. Brighton 20 Jany. 1892.
KEMP, GEORGE REES. _b._ 1780; entered Bombay army 1796; colonel
13 Bombay N.I. 1 May 1824 to 1860; general 20 June 1854. _d._
Spring lodge, East Hoathly, Sussex 16 Sep. 1861.
KEMP, GROVER (eld. son of John Kemp). _b._ Bermondsey, London
10 Sep. 1792; ed. at Hitchin and Epping; apprentice to John
Glaisyer, chemist and druggist, Brighton, became a partner in
the firm, retired 1863; a minister among the Friends 1823;
continually visited the meetings in Great Britain and Ireland
during 50 years; preached to the free black population in the
West Indies 1857–58; author of A tract for the season. _d._
Brighton 21 Dec. 1869. _Biog. Cat. of Lives of Friends_ (1888)
393–8.
KEMP, HENRY LATIMER. _b._ Birmingham; reporter on Manchester
Guardian; reporter and sub-editor Birmingham Daily Press till
its discontinuance 1859; reporter on Derby Mercury 1859,
sub-editor 1860, then responsible editor to his death; edited
The Derbyshire red book, an annual 1862; author of A history
of the Derby charities 1861. _d._ Derby 30 April 1869. _The
Newspaper Press_, _iii_ 123 (1869).
KEMP, HENRY WILLIAM. _b._ St. Peter’s, Isle of Thanet 23 June
1820; ed. at Beverley gram. sch. and at C.C. coll. Camb., B.A.
1843; C. of St. Helen’s 1843; C. of St. John’s, Hull 1846; V.
of St. John’s, Hull 1847–79, where he had one of the largest
congregations in the north of England; V. of Millington with
Givendale near York 1879–80; master of the Charterhouse, Hull
1868 to death; president of Hull literary and philosophical
soc.; preb. of York 1886 to death; author of Sermons 1854. _d._
The Charterhouse, Hull 7 March 1888. _Church Portrait Journal_,
_ii_ 21–4 (1881), _portrait_; _Biograph_, _vi_ 297 (1881).
KEMP, ISAAC. Proprietor of Phœnix music hall, Dover before 1868
to death. _d._ 29 Aug. 1889. _bur._ Copt hill cemet. 2 Sep. _The
Era 7 Sep. 1889 p._ 15.
KEMP, JAMES. _b._ Edinburgh 1831; parochial schoolmaster in
Scotland; head master of St. Andrew’s sch. Hong Kong; editor
and proprietor of China Mail and of the Hong Kong Evening Mail;
editor and proprietor of India Mail; wrote a series of 60 papers
entitled Voices from the Verandah, treating of Anglo-Chinese
life; author of A rock ahead in China. _d._ 17 Nov. 1865.
_Inglis’ Dramatic writers_ (1868) 132–4.
KEMPLAY, JAMES (youngest son of Richard Kemplay of Leeds). _b._
Leeds 1810; ed. at Leeds gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Camb., 3rd
wrangler 1833, B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; special pleader; barrister
M.T. 30 Jany. 1852; Q.C. 8 Feb. 1872, bencher of his inn 29
Jany. 1874; author of Proposed plan for dealing with the statute
law 1855. _d._ 48 Leinster gardens, Hyde park, London 4 June
1882.
KEMPSTER, FRANCIS GREETHAM. _b._ 21 July 1821; ensign 6 Madras
N.I. 2 Feb. 1838, captain 22 Aug. 1853; lieut. col. Madras staff
corps 5 Oct. 1863; brigadier general Madras 27 June 1876 to 8
Sep. 1880; L.G. 1 Oct. 1882. _d._ Tiptree hall, Kelvedon 13
Jany. 1887.
KEMPT, SIR JAMES (son of Gavin Kempt of Southampton and
Edinburgh). _b._ Edinburgh 1765; ensign 101 foot 31 March 1783,
lieut. 1784, regiment disbanded April 1785; helped to raise
113 foot in Ireland, captain 30 May 1794, major 18 Sep. 1794,
regiment was reduced 1795; served in Holland and in campaign in
Egypt 1801; lieut. col. 81 foot 23 July 1803 to 4 Nov. 1813;
the light brigade under his command bore the brunt of battle of
Maida 2 July 1806; col.-commandant 60 foot 1813–18; commanded
a brigade of light division at Vera, Nivelle, Nive, Orthez and
Toulouse 1813–14; lieut. governor of Fort William, Inverness 10
Oct. 1812 to death; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 22 June 1815,
G.C.H. 1816; col. of 3 West India foot 1818–19, of 81 foot
1819–29, of 40 foot 1829–34, of 2 foot 1834–46 and of 1 foot
1846 to death; governor of Nova Scotia 20 Oct. 1819 to 8 Jany.
1829; governor general of Canada 10 July 1828 to 24 Nov. 1830;
P.C. 8 Dec. 1830; master general of the ordnance 1830 to 1834;
general 23 Nov. 1841. _d._ 32 South st. Grosvenor sq. London 20
Dec. 1854.
KENAH, SIR THOMAS (son of T. Kenah of Bridgefields, co. Cork).
_b._ 1782; ensign 5 foot 14 Aug. 1799; major 58 foot 5 Nov. 1812
to 3 April 1817 when placed on h.p.; served in Holland 1790, in
Egypt 1801, in Sicily 1808–12, at siege of Genoa 1814; col. 63
foot 25 Nov. 1850 to death, general 26 Dec. 1859; C.B. 24 Oct.
1818, K.C.B. 28 March 1865; gold medal from the Grand Seignior
for the Egyptian campaign. _d._ 24 Albemarle st. Piccadilly,
London 26 March 1868.
KENDALL, CHARLES. _b._ Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire 19 Feb.
1818; a cobbler at Ashby, a shoemaker at Burringham; primitive
methodist minister at Halifax 1839 and successively at 18 other
places including Leeds and Hull; president of the conference at
Hull 1881; helped to edit 2 volumes of the Primitive Pulpit;
author of The Monitor 1852; The Christian minister in earnest,
or the life of Atkinson Smith 1854; Hindrances to a revival of
religion; How to promote a revival of religion; Little Willie;
God’s Hand in the storm; The life of the rev. W. Sanderson; How
to live in the street called Straight. _d._ Hilda st. Hull 5 May
1882. _Primitive Methodist Mag._ (1882) 491–6.