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George Kemble

Husband George Kemble

         Born: Abt 1560 - Longford, Herefordshire, England

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       Father: William Kemble (Abt 1535-      )

       Mother: Margaret Prater (Abt 1540-      )

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Events

1. Residence: Pembridge Castle, Welsh Newton.

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Children

1 M George Kemble

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         Died: Abt 1650 - Welsh Newton, Herefordshire, England

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       Spouse: Ann Prentice (1620-  )

2 M Thomas Kemble

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3 M John Kemble

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4 M Richard Kemble ¹

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General Notes: Husband - George Kemble

George purchased Pembridge Castle in Welsh Newton and made it habitable in 1675. It had been a Royalist garrison and had suffered severely during a siege and surrender in 1644. Pembridge had a chapel where St. John Kemble would say mass, although Roman Catholic masses had been outlawed by Statute 27 issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It is said that the Catholic Earls/Marquesses of Worcester were allowing the law to be openly flouted.

George is said to have been granted the Kemble 3 leopard coat of arms by William Camden, King-at-arms in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

General Notes: Child - Richard Kemble

Saved King Charles II at the battle of Worcester in 1651 by giving him a horse. He was a Captain. It was he who obtained the headless body of St. John Kemble and buried it in Welsh Newton. He was a resident of Pembridge Castle in Welsh Newton.

George Anthony Kemble and Jessie Augusta Paul

Husband George Anthony Kemble

         Born: 1863

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       Father: Nicholas Freese Young Kemble (1825-1909)

       Mother: Margaret Charlton (1834-      )

     Marriage: 1894

Wife Jessie Augusta Paul

         Born: 1871

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Children

1 M Alan Edward Kemble

         Born: 1895

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       Spouse: Dorothy Palmer (      -      )

         Marr: 1920

2 M Reginald Siddons Kemble

         Born: 1897

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3 F Edith Jessie Kemble

         Born: 1905

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4 F Joan Siddons Kemble

         Born: 1908

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Gerald Kemble and Gladys Victoria Hilton Schultz

Husband Gerald Kemble

         Born: 1901

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         Died: 1983

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       Father: Charles Kemble (1856-1915)

       Mother: Marie Unwin Harrow (1864-1936)

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Wife Gladys Victoria Hilton Schultz

         Born: 1901

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         Died: 1989

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Children

Charles Santley and Gertrude Kemble

Husband Charles Santley

         Born: 28 Feb 1834 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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         Died: 21 Sep 1922 - London, England ²

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     Marriage: Abt Jun 1859 - London, England ³

 Other Spouse: Elizabeth Mary R. Innes (      -      ) - Abt Mar 1884 - London, England ⁴

Events

1. Occupation: Opera Singer.

2. Knighted: 1907.

Wife Gertrude Kemble

         Born: 23 Apr 1837 - Middlesex, England

   Christened: 2 Jun 1837 - Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England

         Died: 1 Sep 1882

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       Father: John Mitchell Kemble (1807-1857) ⁵

       Mother: Nathalie Auguste Wendt (Abt 1821-      )

Events

1. Occupation: Opera Singer.

Children

1 F Edith Santley

         Born: Abt Jun 1860 - London, England ⁶

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         Died: 1926

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       Spouse: Robert Henry Lyttleton (      -      )

         Marr: Abt Sep 1884 - St. George Hanover Sq., London, Surrey, England ⁷

2 F Gertrude Louisa Santley

         Born: 22 Oct 1861 - London, England

   Christened: 12 Sep 1862 - Saint Mary-St. Marylebone Rd., Saint Marylebone, London, England

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       Spouse: Henry Elisha Meiggs (      -      )

         Marr: Abt Jun 1885 - London, England ⁸

3 M Charles Kemble Santley

         Born: 23 Feb 1863 - London, England

   Christened: 18 Nov 1863 - Saint Mary-St. Marylebone Rd., Saint Marylebone, London, England

         Died: Abt Dec 1865 - London, England ⁹

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4 M Michael Alfred Santley

         Born: 21 Apr 1865 - London, England

   Christened: 2 Sep 1865 - Saint Mary-St. Marylebone Rd., Saint Marylebone, London, England

         Died: After 1880

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5 F Ethel Jane Santley

         Born: 1866

   Christened: 7 Dec 1866 - Saint Mary-St. Marylebone Rd., Saint Marylebone, London, England

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       Spouse: Francis Henry Dallas (      -      )

         Marr: Abt Mar 1889 - London, England ¹⁰

Henry James Vincent Kemble

Husband Henry James Vincent Kemble

         Born: Dec 1812

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         Died: 19 Aug 1857 - Hillingdon, Middlesex, England

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       Father: Charles Kemble (1775-1854) ⁵

       Mother: Marie Therese De Camp (1774-1838) ⁵

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Children

1 F Jenny Kemble

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2 M Henry Kemble

         Born: 1848

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         Died: 1907

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Henry Mason and Jane Kemble

Husband Henry Mason

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     Marriage: 1801

Wife Jane Kemble

         Born: 30 Sep 1777 - Norwich, Norfolk, England

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       Father: Roger Kemble (1722-1802) ¹¹

       Mother: Sarah Ward (1735-1806)

Children

John Kemble and Anne Morgan

Husband John Kemble

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       Father: William Kemble (Abt 1535-      )

       Mother: Margaret Prater (Abt 1540-      )

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Events

1. Residence: Kemble, Wiltshire, England & Llangarren & Urchinfield.

Wife Anne Morgan ¹

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       Father: John Morgan (      -      ) ¹

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Children

1 M William Walter Kemble

         Born:  - Herefordshire, England

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         Died: 13 Oct 1633 - Fownhope, England

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2 M John Kemble ¹

         Born: 1599 - Rhydicar Farm, St Weonards, Herefordshire, England

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         Died: 22 Aug 1679 - Widemarsh Common, Hereford, Herefordshire, England

       Buried:  - St. Mary the Virgin Church Cemetery, Welsh Newton, Herefordshire, England

General Notes: Wife - Anne Morgan

From Skenfrith, she was related to Morgan Lewis, father of St. David Lewis, a Catholic priest who was hanged 5 days after St. John Kemble. Kemble and Lewis were cousins.

General Notes: Child - William Walter Kemble

Studied at Douai, France and entered the Benedictine Order in 1619. He was ordained on October 1, 1620.

General Notes: Child - John Kemble

Ordained a priest at Douai College 23 Feb 1625. Executed for his Catholic faith, he was cannonized a saint on October 20, 1970. For more details on his story, see attached Sermon and related readings ..

John Kemble

Husband John Kemble

         Born:  - Herefordshire, England

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       Father: George Kemble (      -Abt 1650)

       Mother: Ann ? (      -      )

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 Other Spouse: Elizabeth ? (Abt 1632-1712)

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John Mitchell Kemble and Nathalie Auguste Wendt

Husband John Mitchell Kemble ⁵

         Born: 2 Apr 1807 - London, England

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         Died: 26 Mar 1857 - Gresham Hotel, Dublin, Ireland

       Buried:  - Harold's Cross (St. Jerome) Cemetary, Dublin

       Father: Charles Kemble (1775-1854) ⁵

       Mother: Marie Therese De Camp (1774-1838) ⁵

     Marriage: 24 Jul 1836 - St James, Goettingen, Germany

Events

1. Education: Trinity College, Cambridge BA 1830, MA 1833.

Wife Nathalie Auguste Wendt

         Born: Abt 1821 - of Gottingen, Westfalen, Preussen

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       Father: Professor Johann Amadeus Wendt (      -      )

       Mother: Henriette Doelitzsch (      -      )

Children

1 F Gertrude Kemble

         Born: 23 Apr 1837 - Middlesex, England

   Christened: 2 Jun 1837 - Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England

         Died: 1 Sep 1882

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       Spouse: Charles Santley (1834-1922)

         Marr: Abt Jun 1859 - London, England ³

2 M Henry Charles Kemble

         Born: 16 Sep 1839 - London, England

   Christened: 12 Oct 1839 - Saint Peter, Saint Pancras, London, England

         Died: Abt Sep 1907 - Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ¹²

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3 F Mildred Kemble

         Born: 25 Nov 1840 - Addlestone, Surrey, England ¹³

   Christened: 23 Feb 1841 - Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England

         Died: 15 Apr 1876 - Faversham

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       Spouse: Charles Edward Donne (1832-1907)

         Marr: 5 Jun 1861 - Holy Trinity, Mary-lebone

4 F Edith Matilda Kemble

         Born: Abt Aug 1842 - Surrey, England

   Christened: 30 Aug 1842 - Saint Paul, Addlestone, Surrey, England

         Died: 21 Sep 1842 - Surrey, England

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General Notes: Husband - John Mitchell Kemble

Attended Cambridge and became an Apostle, a small group of free thinkers at Cambridge. Another one of the Apostles at the time was Alfred Tennyson, the poet. They both went to Spain in 1830 to run guns for General Torrijos, who was trying to overthrow King Ferdinand VII of Spain . The plot was a failure and one of his British friends was executed . He returned to England in 1831. In 1833 he published the first translation into modern English of the old Anglo Saxon saga, Beowulf, "Poems of Beowulf" . Thereafter he went to Gottingen University to study philology, and, having achieved a modest success as a scholar and archaeologist, settled for a time in Germany with his wife, the daughter of one of his professors. In 1840 he obtained the British government position, Examiner of Plays (which was the official censor), upon his father's retirement from that post. (Very few plays were rejected during their time on the job).He held this post until 1857. He was followed in this position by his good friend William Bodham Donne (another former Apostle at Cambridge). His best known book, "History of the Saxons in England" was written in 1848. You can read volume 1 of that book here and volume 2 here .

I have attached excerpts from his diary, held in the Morgan Library in NYC to illustrate his poetry and adventures in Spain. I have also included his drawing of the family coat of arms from that diary.

He died and was buried in Ireland. I am attaching a photo of the monument erected in his honor at his gravesite in Dublin. death bed photo

General Notes: Child - Henry Charles Kemble

Served as a commissioned officer in India

John Philip Kemble and Elizabeth Gertrude Lang

Husband John Philip Kemble

         Born: 1885

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         Died: 1965

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       Father: Charles Kemble (1856-1915)

       Mother: Marie Unwin Harrow (1864-1936)

     Marriage: 1915

Wife Elizabeth Gertrude Lang

         Born: 1894

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         Died: 1971

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Children

1 F Margaret Alice Kemble

         Born: 1920

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       Spouse: William Watts Welham Paul (1919-      )

         Marr: 1944

2 M Paul Philip Kemble

         Born: 1922

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         Died: 1972

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       Spouse: Irene Harrison (      -      )

         Marr: 1945

       Spouse: Wilhelmina Elisabeth Pim (1923-      )

         Marr: 1949

3 M Peter Kemble

         Born: 1922

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Sources

1 "The Catholic Encyclopaedia" (Name: Robert Appleton Co;).

2 New York Times Sept. 23, 1922, pg. 11.

3 Civil Registration Marylebone 2nd Quater 1859, Vol. 1a pg. 719.

4 Civil Registration Marylebone 1st Quater 1884, Vol. 1a pg. 884.

5 Jane Williamson, "Man of the Theatre."

6 Civil Registration Kensington, 2nd Quarter 1860, Vol. 1a pg. 41.

7 Civil Registration St. George Hanover Square, 3rd quarter 1884, Vol. 1a pg. 855.

8 Civil Registration Marylebone 2nd Quater 1885, Vol. 1a pg. 973.

9 Civil Registration Marylebone 4th Quarter 1865, Vol. 1a pg. 392.

10 Civil Registration Marylebone 1st Quater 1889, Vol. 1a pg. 805.

11 Naomi Royde-Smith, "The proivate life of Mrs Siddons" (Name: Victor Gollancz;).

12 Civil Registration Woodbridge, 3rd Quarter 1840, Vol. 4a pg. 450.

13 1861 census, Marylebone, Middlesex, household of WBDonne.

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