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