British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Kempt, James
By: Ron McGuigan
Kempt, James (1765
- 20 December 1854)
Ensign 101st Foot* 1783, Lieutenant 101st Foot* 1784, Half-pay 1785-1794,
Lieutenant 58th Foot 1794, Captain 113th Foot+ 1794, Major 113th Foot+
1795, Major Unattached 1795, Half-pay 1798, Major 66th Foot 1803, Brevet
Lieutenant Colonel 1799, Lieutenant-Colonel 81st Foot 1803, Brevet
Colonel 1809, Major General Peninsula 1811, Major General 1812, Lieutenant
General 1825, General 1841.
* disbanded 1785. + disbanded 1795.
Early Service: Inspecting Field Officer Recruiting Home Staff 1795-1799.
Aide De Camp Scotland 1799, Aide De Camp Helder 1799, Aide De Camp
Mediterranean 1800, Aide De Camp Egypt 1801-1802, Aide De Camp Home
Staff 1803, Sicily 1805-1807 and brigade at Maida 1806, Quartermaster-General
British North America 1807-1811.
Peninsular War: Commanded brigade 3rd Division February-April 1812. Commanded
brigade Light Division March-August 1813, ?? 1813-April
1814. Temporarily commanded Light Division August - ?? 1813. Wounded
at assault of Badajoz April 1812 and Nivelle November 1813.
Other Service: Commanded brigade War of 1812 British North America
1814-1815. Commanded 8th Brigade, then 5th Division and Reserve Corps, Flanders
and France
and wounded at Waterloo 1815. Commanded 7th Brigade 1815-1817 and 6th
Brigade 1817-1818 Army of Occupation France
. Lieutenant Governor Portsmouth 1819. Lieutenant Governor of
Nova Scotia 1820-1828, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of British
North America 1828-1830. Master General of the Ordnance 1830-1834.
Aide De Camp to the King 1809. KCB 1815. GCB 1815. GCH 1816.
Colonel of the 8th Battalion 60th Foot 1813-1816, 3rd West India Regiment
1818-1819, 81st Foot 1819-1829, 40th Foot 1829-1834, 2nd Foot
1834-1846, 1st Foot 1846-1854.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: December 2007
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