Thos. Ball Sulivan, and Winchester 52, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey. His succeeding appointments were – 21 Jan. 1842, to the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Keele, on the station last named – 31 Jan. 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 20 March following, to the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir David Milne, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. He attained his present ranlt 29 April, 1845, and has since been on half-pay. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
KEMP. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
James Kemp died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 1 July, 1809; passed his examination in 1815; obtained his commission 28 April, 1827; and, from 16 Nov. 1832 until the period of his death, was uninterruptedly employed in the Coast Guard.
KEMPE. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 21; h-p., 6.)
John Kempe is grand-nephew of the late Admiral Kempe.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Deo, 1820, as Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dover 28, Capts. Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Chambers, on the Leith station. Prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 13 Nov. 1828, he was further employed, as Midshipman and Mate, at home and in South America, in the Martial 12, Lieut.-Commander M‘Kirdy, Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron (under whom he escorted from this country the remains of the late King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands), and Britannia 120, and Ganges 84, flagships of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Robt. Waller Otway. He served during the next two years, still in South America, on board the Beagle surveying-vessel, Capt. Robt. FitzRoy; and, from 1 Jan. 1833 until the summer of 1843, he had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, 23 May, 1831, Susannah Rundle, daughter of J. Prynne, Esq., of H.M. Customs, Fowey, by whom he has issue three children.
KEMPSTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.)
Ralph Richard Tomkin Kempster entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Princess floating-battery, Capt. Sam. Martin Colquitt, lying in the River Mersey. Quitting the latter vessel in the following July, he served, during the remainder of the war, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, chiefly on the Home, West India, and Mediterranean’ stations, in the Boadicea 38, Capts. John Maitland and John Hatley, Satellite sloop, Capts. Robt. Evans and Hon. Willoughby Bertie, Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, Rodney 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, and Prince 98, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton. In April, 1815 (after he had been also borne, as a Supernumerary for passage, on the books of the Snake, Tigre, and Tanais, Capts. Joseph Gape, John Halliday, and Joseph James, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Onyx 10, Capts. Smith Cobb and Chas. Strangways, then at Jamaica. On his return home for the purpose of being paid off in July, 1816, he found a commission awaiting him dated 1 Feb. 1815. His next and last appointment was, 27 Feb. 1823, to the Clio sloop, commanded by the officer last mentioned, with whom he was for three years employed in the North Sea.
KEMPTHORN. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 24; h-p., 16.)
Charles Henry Kempthorn, born 12 Oct. 1792, is son of the late Capt. T. Kempthorn.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1807, as Ordinary, on board the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, with whom he served, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, until paid off in Aug. 1811. He was consequently present in that frigate on 12 May, 1808, in a very spirited engagement of many hours with several batteries in the bay of Rosas, in an attempt to cut out the French 800-ton store-ship Baleine, mounting from 20 to 30 guns, with a crew of 150 men. He also, on 23 April, 1809, served with the boats of the Amphion, Spartan, and Mercury, under Lieut. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, at the capture of 13 valuable merchantmen lying in the mole of Pesaro; and on 27 Aug. following he was employed with a detachment, commanded by the same officer, at the storming of the strong fort of Cortelazzo, near Trieste, the capture of which occasioned the simultaneous surrender, within sight of the Italian squadron off Venice, of six of the enemy’s gun-boats and a large convoy of merchant-trabaocolos anchored for protection under its walls.[1] Besides participating in similar affairs at Biseglia, Umago, and other places, it was Mr. Kempthorn’s lot to be Senior Midshipman of the Amphion in the famous action of 13 March, 1811, off Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle of six hours, and a loss to the above ship of 15 men killed and 47 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. On leaving the Amphion he joined the Pylades 18, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, likewise in the Mediterranean, where, becoming Signal-Mate of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he served in that capacity in the partial action fought with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813. He attained the rank of Lieutenant on 25 Dec. in the latter year, and in the course of 1814, after having served on shore as Naval Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir Henry Montressor during the operations against Genoa, joined the Bacchante 38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, on the North American station, whence he returned home and was paid off in July, 1815. Since 7 July, 1831, he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
KENDALL. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Edward Nicholas Kendall died 12 Feb. 1845, at Southampton, in his 45th year.
This officer entered the Navy 26 Oct. 1814; and passed his examination in 1822. He served in several expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, including the one to the Polar Sea under Sir John Franklin in 1825-7, on which occasion he was the companion of Dr. Richardson in that branch of it which discovered and delineated the northern coast of America lying between the Mackenzie and Coppermine Rivers. He was awarded a commission dated 30 April, 1827, but does not appear to have been further officially employed.
At the period of his death Lieut. Kendall was Superintendent of the Peninsula and Oriental steam-packet Company. He married, in May, 1832, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Joseph Kay, Esq., of Greenwich Hospital, and of Gower Street, Bedford Square, by whom he has left issue four children. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
KENDALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Kendall entered the Navy, 1 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, with whom he afterwards served in the Royal Sovereign 100, Ocean 98, and Queen again, which latter ship bore the flag for some time of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin on the Mediterranean station. Becoming Midshimnan, in Oct. 1808, of the Castor 32, Capts. Wm. Roberts and Hon. Valentine Gardner, he proceeded to the West Indies, where, after having assisted at the capture of the French ship of the line D’Haupoult, and the destruction, in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, of the frigates Loire and Seine, he removed, in July, 1810, to the Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard. Between the close of the latter year and Sept. 1814 Mr. Kendall served in the Mediterranean, as Midshipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Master’s Mate, on board the Standard 64, and Achille commanded by Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, and Caledonia
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907.
