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Thomas Read 
Kemp
1782 - 1844


Thomas Read 
Kemp
, Lord of the Manor, Magistrate and local Benefactor. MP for Lewes. Owner of Leeds Castle. Non conformist preacher. Owned the farmhouse that was to become The Royal Pavilion. Built 'The Temple',(now The Brighton & Hove High School for Girls)1819, and then went on to develop Kemp Town to the East of the town as a speculation. Despite initial success Kemp was increasingly dogged by financial problems and was forced to leave the country in 1837 in order to escape his creditors. Pigot's 1840 for Sussex Brighton with the village of Rottingdean and neighbourhood:Thomas Read Kemp, Esq. and Charles Scrase Dickens, Esq., are lords of the manor, and hold courts baron annually of oftener. Sussex Weekly Advertiser Monday, September 18th, 1809 Game Duty. An Alphabetical List of Persons who have obtained General Certificates for killing of Game in the County of Sussex, for the present Year, which List is made up to the 9th inst. Published by Order of his Majesty's Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes. Matthew Winter, Sec. Sept 16, 1809. .... Kemp, Thomas Reed, esq., Herstmonceux ..... Herstmonceux Place (now flats) (I) "The north-west front dates from the early C18.... In 1777 the house was enlarged by Samuel Wyatt for the Reverend Robert Hare (great grandfather of Augustus Hare), the bricks for the new portion being taken from Herstmonceux Castle. The north-east or entrance front was then remodelled.... Good staircase. From 1807-1819 the house was occupied by Thomas Read Kemp, the founder of Kemp Town, Brighton."

Born: Lewes, Sussex, England 23rd Dec 1782 Baptised:
Died: 64 Rue de Fauborg Saint-Honore, Paris, France 20th Dec 1844 Buried: France, , , Dec 1845
Family:
Kemp

Titles:

Ancestors
[ Patrilineage | Matrilineage | Earliest Ancestors | Force | Force2 | Set Relationship | Relationship | Options ]

1.
Thomas Read 
Kemp
(
Baring
,
Harvey
) 1782 - 1844
2.
Thomas 
Kemp
c. 1760 - 1810
4.
M/? 
Kemp
(
Friend
) c. 1740 - post 1761
5.
F/? 
Friend
(
Kemp
)
   
 

Siblings


1.
Ann 
Kemp
(
Bythesea
,
Sober
) + post 1818

Spouses



1. Beddington with Wallington, Surrey, , England 12th Jul 1806
Frances 
Baring
(
Kemp
) 1783 - 1825
2. All Souls, Marylebone, London, , , England 26th Nov 1832

Descendants
[ Options ]

a.
Frances 
Baring
(
Kemp
) 1783 - 1825
1.
M/? 
Kemp
2.
Caroline 
Kemp
(
Baring
) c. 1810 - 1885
2a.
Charles 
Baring
(
Sealy
,
Kemp
) 1807 - 1879
2.1.
Francis Henry 
Baring
1848 - post 1881
2.2.
Caroline E. 
Baring
1850 - post 1881
3.
Martha 
Kemp
* 1821
b.
4.
Frederick 
Kemp
* post 1832
c. ?
5.
Harriet 
Kemp
(
Campion
) + 1900
5a.
William John 
Campion
(
Kemp
) 1804 - 1869
5.1.
William Henry 
Campion
* 1836
5.2.
Charles Walter 
Campion
(
Seymour
) 1839 - post 1890
Sources

  • Family Archivists: see
    Kemp


Timeline


23rd Dec 1782Born (birth) Lewes, Sussex, England
10th Jul 1806MARS/ROLE FIANCE
12th Jul 1806Married
Frances 
Baring
(
Kemp
) 1783 - 1825 (marriage) Beddington with Wallington, Surrey, England
1st May 1810Executor of the will of
Thomas 
Kemp
c. 1760 - 1810 (will)
10th May 1811
Thomas Read 
Kemp
(
Baring
,
Harvey
) 1782 - 1844 inherited the title
Houses of Parliament
  [MP] 1810-19
21st Feb 1823
Thomas Read 
Kemp
(
Baring
,
Harvey
) 1782 - 1844 inherited the title
Houses of Parliament
  [MP] 1820-9
1826
Thomas Read 
Kemp
(
Baring
,
Harvey
) 1782 - 1844 inherited the title
Houses of Parliament
  [MP] 1820-9
26th Nov 1832Married (marriage) London, England
20th Dec 1844Died (death) Paris, France
Dec 1845Buried (burial) France
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