Henry Kemble (1787–1857) was a teabroker in successful partnership with his brother and

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. He was a retired, wealthy tea broker whose business was at St Antholin's Churchyard,"Affairs of the East India Company: Appendix A (3) No. 3", in ''Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 62'', 1830 (London, .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. Watling Street, City of London.''Daily News'' (London, England), Monday, 22 June 1857; Issue 3463. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900 This he conducted with his brother who left almost all of his estate to him in 1857, leading to combined death assets of over . He was elected to the

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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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kemble, Henry UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1787 births 1857 deaths