Thomas Read Kemp

Thomas Read Kemp
Member of Parliament for Lewes
In office 1811–1816
Member of Parliament for Arundel
In office 1823–1826
Member of Parliament for Lewes
In office 1826–1837
Personal details
Born	(1782-12-23)23 December 1782
Died	20 December 1844(1844-12-20) (aged 61) Paris, France
Resting place	Père Lachaise Cemetery
Children	10
Alma mater	Westminster School St John's College, Cambridge Middle Temple

Thomas Read Kemp (23 December 1782 – 20 December 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]

Kemp lived at Herstmonceaux,^[2] 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 1811–16 and 1826–37 and for Arundel 1823–26.^[3]

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.

Family

Drawing of Kemp by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

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.^[3]

References

• Rose Collis (2010) The New Encyclopedia of Brighton Brighton and Hove City Council

Notes

1. "Kemp, Thomas Read (KM800TR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. The Kemp Town Estate Retrieved 27/4/21.
3. "Kemp, Thomas Read (1782–1844), of Hurstmonceaux Park, Suss., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 19 June 2015.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Read Kemp
• Thomas Read Kemp

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 Sir John Shelley, Bt
Preceded by Viscount Bury Robert Blake	Member of Parliament for Arundel 1823–1826 With: Viscount Bury	Succeeded by Edward Lombe John Atkins
Preceded by Sir John Shelley, Bt George Shiffner	Member of Parliament for Lewes 1826–1837 With: Sir John Shelley, Bt 1826–1831 Sir Charles Blunt, Bt 1831–1837	Succeeded by Sir Charles Blunt, Bt Henry FitzRoy