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Sir James Kempt
(1764 c.-1854)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
NRA:    Kempt Sir James (1764-1854) Knight General Governor General of Canada
DNB:    Kempt, Sir James (1763/4–1854), army officer and governor-in-chief of British North America
LBT ID: JaKempt1854    VIAF ID: 104493936		B/BAP:   1764
DIED:   1854-12-20
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
He was aide-de-camp to Sir Ralph Abercromby and fought under Picton in the Peninsular War; he was a brigade-commander at Waterloo, and governor-general of Canada (1828-30).
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