Henry Kemble (politician) explained
Henry Kemble (1787–1857)[2] was a 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 .[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]
Notes and References
- The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, 20 May 1857; Issue 10224. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900
- Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 28 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818113510/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons6.htm. 18 August 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
- Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 65 . . 28 May 2019.
- "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.
- Daily News (London, England), Monday, 22 June 1857; Issue 3463. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900
- Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 465.
