Family and Education
b. 2 Feb. 1628. 1st s. of Sir Robert Kemp, 1st Bt., of Gissing, gent. of the privy chamber to Charles I, by Jane, da. of Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surr. educ. Corpus, Camb. 1644. m. (1) 15 July 1650, Mary (d. June 1655), da. of Thomas Kerridge of Shelley Hall, Suff., 1s. 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 20 Nov. 1657, Mary, da. and h. of John Sone of Ubbeston, 3s. 2da. suc. fa. 20 Aug. 1647.Blomefield, Norf. i. 166, 179.
Offices Held
J.p. Norf. Mar. 1660–76, May-June 1679, 1687 – Apr. 1688, 168g-?d., Suff. July 1660–80, 1687 – July 1688, 1689 – d.; lt.-col. of militia horse, Norf. Apr. 1660 – ?76; dep. lt. Norf. c. Aug. 1660–76, Suff. 1689 – ?94; by 1701 – d.; commr. for assessment, Norf. and Suff. Aug. 1660–80, 1689 – 90, Dunwich 1689, recusants, Norf. and Suff. 1675; alderman, Dunwich 1684 – June 1688, Oct. 1688–94, 1694 – d., bailiff 1685 – 86, 1695 – 96, 1698 – 99, 1701 – 02, recorder 1686 – June 1688, Oct. 1688–94.
Main residences: Gissing Hall, Norf.; Ubbeston, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
KEMP, Sir Robert (1628-1710)
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Oxford 1644
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