The Kemp Baronetcy, of Gissing in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the
Baronetage of England. It was created on 14 March 1642 for Robert Kemp. The second Baronet sat as
member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
and
Dunwich
Dunwich is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB around north-east of London, south of Southwold and north of Leiston, on the North Sea coast.
In the Anglo-Saxon period, Dunwich was ...
. The third Baronet was member of parliament for Dunwich and
Suffolk. The fourth Baronet was member of parliament for
Orford. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1936.
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Kemp baronets, of Gissing (1642)
*Sir Robert Kemp, 1st Baronet (died 1647)
*Sir Robert Kemp, 2nd Baronet
Sir Robert Kemp, 2nd Baronet (2 February 1627 – 26 September 1710), of Gissing Hall, Norfolk and Ubbeston, Suffolk, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1675 and 1685.
Kemp was born at Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk ...
(1627–1710)
*Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet (1667–1734), of Hoxne and Ubbeston, Suffolk, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1701 and 1734.
Biography
Kemp was baptized at Ubbeston on 25 June 1667, the eldest so ...
(1667–1734)
* Sir Robert Kemp, 4th Baronet (1699–1752)
*Sir John Kemp, 5th Baronet (1700–1761)
*Sir John Kemp, 6th Baronet (1754–1771)
*Sir Benjamin Kemp, 7th Baronet (1708–1777)
*Sir William Kemp, 8th Baronet (1717–1799)
*Sir William Robert Kemp, 9th Baronet (1744–1804)
*Sir William Robert Kemp, 10th Baronet (1791–1874)
*Sir Thomas John Kemp, 11th Baronet (1793–1874)
* Sir Kenneth Hagar Kemp, 12th Baronet (1853–1936)
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
1642 establishments in England