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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.

KEMPE, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1597, adm. scholar 1598, matr. 1598; BA 1601/2; MA 1605; ordained deacon and priest (Norwich) 21 Sep 1606, aged 26.

KENDALL, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS; served in the Low Countries for seven years; employed as an “intelligencer” by Secretary Cecil in the Spanish Netherlands 1600/1 (CSP Dom 1598-1601, 484-5; CSP Dom 1601-3, 37, 38, 140).

KENDALL, JAMES, brother of Thomas Kendall (qv); b. 1647; adm. 10 Jul 1658; KS (aged 13) 1661; adm. Middle Temple 27 Apr 1666, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1666; MP West Looe Apr 1685 – Feb 1689/90, 1695-1702, Lostwithiel 17 Jan 1706 and from 17 Jan 1708; Governor of Barbados 1690-4; a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 24 Feb 1696- Jun 1699; d. 10 Jul 1708. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

KENNEDY, SIR ROBERT HUGH, brother of Thomas Chamberlain Alexander Kennedy (qv); b. Aug 1772; adm. 21 Jan 1784; Min. Can. 1787; KS (Capt. ) 1788; Capt. of the School 1791; left 1791; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 May 1792; Assistant Commissary-Gen., HM Forces on Continent 10 Jan 1798, Deputy Commissary-Gen., 21 Feb 1801, Commissary-Gen. 3 Nov 1808; served as Commissary-Gen. to Duke of Wellington’s forces in Peninsular War; knighted 8 May 1812; KCH 1834; m. 1st, 3 Aug 1796 (IGI), Mary, sister of John William Bourke (qv); m. 2nd, 18 Jul 1839 Anna Maria, widow of Robert Hillingsford, and dau. of Samuel Harrison, Percy Street, Bedford Square, London; d. at Beziers, France 8 May 1840.

Kennedy, Samuel David, second son of David Lithgow Kennedy, M.B., of Demerara, by Catherine Emma, daughter of Alexander Winter, of Berbice, British Guiana; b. Nov. 24, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. July 1900 (adm. sub-sizar Sept. 30, 1900); B.A. 1903; Chief Accountant for Egypt in the office of Thomas Cook and Son, Ltd., at Cairo; served in France Sept. 17, 1915 - Aug. 30, 1919, first in the ranks of A. S. C. and afterwards as 2nd Lieut. March 2, 1918, in the Base Censor's Office, Boulogne; employed 1930 with Hogg Robinson, Capel Cure & Co. Ltd., Insurance Brokers at Lloyds; m. Jan. 16, 1919, Winifred Annette, elder daughter of Thomas Sidney Wederell, of Epping, Essex; d. April 6, 1954.

Kennedy, William Theodore, son of Henry George Kennedy, of Harrogate, Yorks, Gen. Inspector Local Government Board; b. Oct. 26, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Senior Samwaies and Triplett gratuity) July 1902; min. scholar 1902. maj. scholar 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1902; 1st class (div. 3) Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1904; 1st class History Tripos, pt. 2, 1905; B.A. 1905; passed 4th in the exam. for Home Civil Service 1907; a junior clerk in the Home Office; served in Great War I; Capt. Rifle Brigade Sept. 9, 1916, and King's Liverpool Regt.

KENSEL, JAMES, son of John Kensel, Morton, Norfolk; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1662, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1662, scholar 1663, matr. 1662.

KEPPEL, HON. FREDERICK, brother of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); b. 19 Jan 1728/9; adm. May 1737 (Hawkins'); KS 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 16 Sep 1758; BA 1752; MA 1754; DD 1762; ordained; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III c. 1754-62; Canon of Windsor 19 Apr 1754- Nov 1762; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 7 Nov 1762 (also Treasurer, Prebendary and Archdeacon of Exeter, and Rector of Shobbrooke, Devon, in commendam); Dean of Windsor from 19 Oct 1765 (also Registrar, Order of the Garter, and Dean of Wolverhampton); m. 13 Sep 1758 Louisa, natural dau. of Hon. Sir Edward Walpole KB MP; d. 27 Dec 1777. DNB.

KERCHER, ROBERT, eldest son of John Kercher, Mayor of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, and Joan ---; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1586, adm. scholar 1587; BA 1590/1 (incorp. Oxford 1590/1); MA 1594 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1594); BD 1601; DD 1606; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1593 – c. 1604; ordained; Rector of Corfe Castle, Dorset 1600; Rector of Fawley, Hampshire 1613; Prebendary of Winchester from 26 Feb 1602/3; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 5 Jul 1614; m.; d. 9 Oct 1644.