Modern English biography

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