Family and Education
b. 18 May 1651, 1st s. of Sir Charles Kemys, 2nd Bt., of Cefn Mabli by 3rd w. Margaret, da. of Sir George Whitmore, ld. mayor of London 1631-2, of Balmes, Hackney, Mdx. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1669. m. (1) 1677, Mary (d.1699), da. of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, wid. of William Thomas of Wenvoe, Glam., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) 30 Dec. 1701, Mary, da. of William Lewis of Bletchington, Oxon., coh. to her bro. Edward Lewis, and wid. of William Jephson of Boarstall, Bucks., and of Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Bt., of Llantriddyd, Glam., s.p. suc. fa. c. June 1658.G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 51, 412-14, PCC 383 Wootton.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Mon. and Glam. 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90, j.p. Mon. 1682 – Apr. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., Glam. 1689 – d., Bucks. 1702 – d.; Lt. of militia horse, Mon. by 1684 – Feb. 1688; dep. lt. Mon. and Glam. 1685 – Feb. 1688, Glam. Oct. 1688 – d., Mon. Oct. 1688–9, by 1701 – d., Bucks. 1702 – d.; v.-adm. Mon. by 1700–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Cefn Mabli, Glam. and Llanfair Discoed, Mon. and Denmark Street, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
KEMYS, Sir Charles (1651-1702)
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Oxford 1644
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