[_Alliances généalogiques de France._ Paris, 1561.] Thomas Read Kemp (born c. 1781, died 20th December 1844) was the son of Thomas Kemp, Member of Parliament for Lewes, who married Ann Read of Brookland. Mr. Kemp was educated at Cambridge, and in 1811 he represented Lewes in the House of Commons. He sold his castles at Lewes and at Hurstmonceaux and built largely near Brighton, where the district known as Kemp Town was founded by him. He spent all his fortune in this speculation, which, however, in time became of great value. The family of Kemp or Kempe is one of great antiquity in Kent. John Kempe, Archbishop of Canterbury in the fifteenth century, and his nephew Thomas Kempe, Bishop of London, both belonged to it. The immediate ancestor of Mr. T. R. Kemp was Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, near Ashford, an estate which had belonged to the family since the time of Edward I. [Illustration] KER, JOHN, THIRD DUKE OF ROXBURGHE _Arms._--Quarterly. 1st and 4th; vert., on a chevron between 3 unicorns' heads erased arg., armed and maned or, as many mullets sa. _Ker._ 2nd and 3rd; gu., 3 mascles or. _Weapont._ _Coronet._--That of a Duke. _Supporters._--Two savage men, wreathed about the head and waist with laurel, each holding, with the exterior hand, a club resting upon the shoulder, all ppr. _Motto._--PRO CHRISTO ET PATRIA. [_The Roxburghe Ballads._] [Illustration] _Variety._--Without Supporters. [ONOSANDER. _Strategicus._ Lut. Parisiorum, 1599.] John Ker (born 23rd April 1740, died 19th March 1804) was the elder son of Robert Ker, second Duke of Roxburghe. He succeeded his father in the title in 1755. The Duke brought together a splendid library, among which was the special collection of ballads which are now known by his name. The ballads were at first collected by Robert Harley, and they were largely added to by a Mr. West and by Major T. Pearson, and after the entire collection had been purchased by the Duke of Roxburghe he continued adding to it himself. In 1812 the Duke's library was sold and the books widely scattered; the ballads, however, in 1845 were acquired for the British Museum at the sale of the books of Mr. B. H. Bright. The Duke of Roxburghe was a Knight of the Garter, and also a Knight of the Thistle. He was a Lord of the Bedchamber and a Privy Councillor. The Roxburghe Club of Edinburgh was founded in honour of the Duke in 1812. [Illustration] KERR, WILLIAM, EARL OF LOTHIAN _Arms._--Gu., on a chevron arg., 3 mullets of the field. _Kerr._ _Coronet._--That of an Earl. _Supporters._--Two bucks, each gorged with a collar arg., charged with 3 mullets gu. _Motto._--SORS MEA DEXTRA DEI. [BACON. _Of the advancement and proficience of Learning._ Oxford, 1640.]