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). | |