Thomas Read Kemp

Thomas Read Kemp (December 23, 1782 December 20, 1844) was an English property developer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Sussex landowner and Member of Parliament Thomas Kemp, and his wife Anne, daughter of Henry Read of Brookland. He was educated at Westminster School, and matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1801. He graduated B.A. 1805, M.A. 1810. He entered the Middle Temple in 1804.[1]

Drawing of Kemp by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Kemp conceived and developed the Regency-style Kemp Town estate in Brighton on the south coast of England. He was Member of Parliament for Lewes 1811–16 and 1826–37 and for Arundel 1823–26.[2] He fled Britain in 1837 to escape his creditors and died in Paris in 1844. He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery. A tablet was erected to his memory at St Nicholas's Church next to his wife's.

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.[2]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Shelley
Thomas Kemp
Member of Parliament for Lewes
1811–1816
With: Henry Shelley 1811–1812
George Shiffner 1812–1816
Succeeded by
George Shiffner
John Shelley
Preceded by
Viscount Bury
Robert Blake
Member of Parliament for Arundel
1823–1826
With: Viscount Bury
Succeeded by
Edward Lombe
John Atkins
Preceded by
John Shelley
George Shiffner
Member of Parliament for Lewes
1826–1837
With: John Shelley 1826–1831
Charles Richard Blunt 1831–1837
Succeeded by
Charles Richard Blunt
Henry Fitzroy
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