Henry Kemble (politician)

Henry Kemble
Henry and Edward Kemble were very wealthy tea brokers in the City of London
Member of Parliament
for East Surrey
In office
3 August 1837 – 11 August 1847
Serving with Edmund Antrobus (1841–1847)
Richard Alsager (1837–1841)
Preceded byRichard Alsager
Aubrey Beauclerk
Succeeded byEdmund Antrobus
Thomas Alcock
Personal details
Born1787
Died18 May 1857(1857-05-18) (aged 69–70)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Grove Hill, Camberwell[1]

Henry Kemble (1787–1857)[2] was an English teabroker in successful partnership with his brother and Conservative Member of Parliament for East Surrey, England.[3]

He was a retired, wealthy tea broker whose business was at St Antholin's Churchyard,[4] Watling Street, City of London.[5] This he conducted with his brother who left almost all of his estate to him in 1857, leading to combined death assets of over £500,000 (equivalent to about £60,200,000 in 2023).[5]

He was elected to the Commons in one of the two seats for East Surrey as a Conservative at the 1837 general election and was re-elected until 1847 when he stood down.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, 20 May 1857; Issue 10224. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900
  2. ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 65. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Affairs of the East India Company: Appendix A (3) No. 3", in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 62, 1830 (London, [n.d.]), pp. 1289-1299. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol62/pp1289-1299 Copy of a Circular Letter from largest teabrokers B. S. Jones, Esquire, to Messrs. Styan, Messrs. Varnham & Co., Messrs. Brooke & Co., Messrs. Kemble & Co., Messrs. Layton & Co., and Messrs. Thompson & Co., Messrs. Watkins & Co., and Messrs. Gibbs & Co., dated at the India Board, 5 February 1830.
  5. ^ a b Daily News (London, England), Monday, 22 June 1857; Issue 3463. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900
  6. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Surrey
1837–1847
With: Edmund Antrobus (1841–1847)
Richard Alsager (1837–1841) 		Succeeded by