SIR

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• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES

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• SIR JAMES KEMPT (1764-1854)

KEMPT (1764-1854)  , British soldier, was gazetted to the 1o,st Foot in India in 1783, but on its disbandment two years later was placed on half-pay . It is said that he took a clerkship in Greenwood's, the army agents (afterwards Cox & Co.) . He attracted the notice of the Duke of York, through whom he obtained a captaincy (very soon followed by a majority) in the newly raised 113th Foot . But it was not long before his regiment experienced the fate of the old foist; this time how-ever Kempt was retained on full pay in the recruiting service . In 1799 he accompanied Sir Ralph Abercromby to Holland, and later to Egypt as an aide-de-camp . After Abercromby's death Kempt remained on his successor's staff until the end of the campaign in Egypt . In April 1803 he joined the staff of Sir David Dundas, but next month returned to regimental duty, and a little later received a lieutenant-colonelcy in the 81st Foot . With his new regiment he went, under Craig, to the Mediterranean theatre of operations, and at Maida the light brigade led by him bore the heaviest share of the battle . Employed from 1807 to 1811 on the staff in North America, Brevet-Colonel Kempt at the end of 1811 joined Wellington's army in Spain with the local rank of major-general, which was, on the 1st of January 1812, made substantive . As one of Picton's brigadiers, Kempt took part in the great assault on Badajoz and was severely wounded . On rejoining for duty, he was posted to the command of a brigade of the Light Division (43rd, 52nd and 95th Rifles), which he led at Vera, the Nivelle (where he was again wounded), Bayonne, Orthez and Toulouse . Early in 1815 he was made K.C.B., and in July for his services at Waterloo, G.C.B .

At that battle he commanded the 28th, 32nd and 79th as a brigadier under his old

chief, Picton, and on Picton's death succeeded to the command of his division . From 1828 to 183o he was Governor-General of Canada, and at a critical time displayed firmness and moderation . He was afterwards Master-General of the Ordnance . At the time of his death in 1854 he had been for some years a full General .