Mathew Kemp (politician)

Mathew Kemp
Speaker of the House of Burgesses
In office
1679
Preceded byWilliam Travers
Succeeded byThomas Ballard
Member of the Virginia Governor's Council
In office
1681-1682
Member of the House of Burgesses representing Gloucester COunty
In office
1679-1680
Preceded byPeter Jenings
Succeeded byHenry Whiting
Personal details
Bornca. 1630
Gissing, Norfolk, England
Died1682
Virginia Colony, British America
SpouseDorothy (surname unknown)
ChildrenMathew Kemp Jr. (1650-1716)
Parent(s)Edmund Kemp, Anna
Professionattorney, planter, politician

Mathew Kemp (c. 1630 – December 1682) was a British attorney who emigrated from England to the Colony of Virginia where he became a government official, planter and politician. He supported Governor William Berkeley during Bacon's Rebellion and became Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1679 before being elevated to the Virginia Governor's Council.[1][2]: 239 [3]

  1. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) vol 1, p. 138
  2. ^ McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.
  3. ^ Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4. pp. 70-73