Kelsey, Leon de Barr, only son of Richard and Annie Kelsey, of South Kensington; b. March 3, 1884; adm. April 28, 1898 (H); left July 1901; studied architecture for six years and subse­quently entered his father's business; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. April 22, 1915; 2nd Lieut. 23rd (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. June 11, 1915; went out to the western front Sept. 24, 1915; killed in action between Guinchy and Fiers Sept. 16, 1916; unm.

Kelson, Alan, son of Sir Stuart Kelson Brown KCIE CB CVO, Dep. Under-Sec. of State India Office, and Dorothy Irene Freeth OBE, d. of Sir Evelyn Freeth, Board of Inland Revenue; b. 1 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; Bournemouth Municipal Coll. 1939-41 and 1946-7; assumed the name of Kelson in lieu of Brown 1941; RE in WW2 (Capt.), attd Indian Engineers; Mechanical Engineer Admiralty (Civil Engineer-in-Chiefs Dept), Bath and Lon­don 1953, Wantage 1954-61, Rosyth 1961-4; MIMechE 1957; seconded RAF 1964-7 for NATO posting in Oslo (Sqdn Ldr); rejoined Admiralty Dept (later Min. of Pub. Building & Works) as Building Services Engineer, Lond. 1967-73, Bournemouth to retirement in 1986; m. 13 Apr. 1962 Jennifer Agnes, d. of Col. Roy Schofield Parkes IA of Warminster, Wilts.

Kemp King, Paul Robert, son of George Kemp King CBE MVO, Asst Principal War Office, and Mary Lilian Wenonah, d. of Robert Newton Helme of Lancaster; b. 27 May 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left Apr. 1936; St John's Coll. Carmb., matric. 1936, BA 1940; RA in WW2 (Lieut.); staff of Aluminium Union; m. 6 Nov. 1948 Stella, d. of Group Capt. John Arthur Gerald de Courcy MC RAF; d. 17 Apr. 1994.

KEMP, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1673.

Kemp, Athole Stephen Horsford, son of Sir Joseph Horsford Kemp KBE KC LLD, Chief Justice of Hong Kong, and Mary, d. of Peter Stuart; b. 21 Oct. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1936, BA 1941, MA 1943; commissioned RA 1939, seconded Malayan Civil Service 1940; p.o.w. Singapore, Thailand-Burma Railway 1942-5; Malayan Civil Service 1946-64, dep. Perm. Sec. to the Malaysian Cabinet 1957-64; MBE 1951, OBE 1958; Secretary­ General Royal Commonwealth Society 1967-83; LVO 1983; m. 3 Aug. 1940 Marjorie Alison Bostock, lecturer and teacher, d. of Geoffrey Rowley Bostock, chartered accountant; d. 30 Mar. 1995.

Kemp, Harry John, son of John Robert Kemp, M.R.C.S., of London, by Harriet, daughter of Peter Halahan, of Chelsea; b. March 5, 1884; adm. April 23, 1896 (R); left July 1900; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1909; asst. solicitor, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; O.B.E. 1947; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Loyal N. Lancs Regt. Nov. 19, 1914; Lieut. Dec. 24, 1914; Capt. Aug. 8, 1916; m. Sept. 27, 1921, Lilian Mary, daughter of William Charles Murray, of Paddington; d. Feb. 10, 1949

KEMP, REGINALD, only son of Thomas Richardson Kemp QC, Queen’s Gate Terrace, South Kensington, barrister, and Emily Jane Catherine Elizabeth Colmar, eldest dau. of Charles James Plumptre, Hamilton Terrace, St. John’s Wood, barrister; b. 13 May 1866; adm. 27 May 1880 (H); left Dec 1883; adm. Middle Temple 30 Oct 1884, called to bar 22 Jun 1887; South-Eastern Circuit; Coroner for West Middlesex 1915 -; JP Middlesex 1907; m. 29 Mar 1894 Bertha, youngest dau. of Abram Augustus Flint, Uttoxeter, Staffs., Coroner for Derbyshire; d. 3 Mar 1943.

KEMP, THOMAS READ, younger but only surviving son of Thomas Kemp MP, Lewes, Sussex, wool-stapler, and Anne, dau. of Henry Read, Brookland, Kent; b. 1782; adm. 31 Mar 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Christmas 1797 (?); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. 5 Nov 1800; BA 1805; MA 1810; adm. Middle Temple 16 May 1804; MP Lewes 10 May 1811 – Mar 1816, Arundel 21 Feb 1823-6, Lewes 1826 – Apr 1837; the developer of the Kemp Town suburb of Brighton; m. 1st, 12 Jul 1806 Frances, fourth dau. of Sir Francis Baring, Bart. MP; m. 2nd, 26 Nov 1832 Frances Margaretta, widow of Vigors Harvey, Killaine Castle, co. Wexford, and dau. of Charles William John Shakerley (qv); d. at Paris 20 Dec 1846. DNB.

KEMPE, JOHN, only son of George Kempe, St. James’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1716; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1720, matr. 23 Jun 1720, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1720 – void 28 Jun 1733; BA 1724; MA 1727; adm. Middle Temple 15 Jan 1723/4, called to bar 20 Jun 1729; m. Elizabeth, only dau. of John Staunton, Longbridge, Warwicks.; d. 11 Oct 1738. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.