Henry Stephen Kemble

Henry Stephen Kemble (15 September 1789 – 22 June 1836) was a British actor and son of Stephen Kemble and a member of the Kemble family of actors.

Henry Stephen Kemble
Kemble as Giafar in Milner's ‘Barmecide, or the Fatal Offspring’
Born	15 September 1789 London, England
Died	22 June 1836
Nationality	British
Spouse	Mary Freese^[a]
Parent(s)	Stephen Kemble Elizabeth Satchell
Relatives	Kemble family

Kemble was born in Villiers Street, Strand, London. He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge, which he quit after two years' residence to try his fortune on the stage, travelling with his father.

During his father's management of Drury Lane (1818–1819), Kemble played several important roles, for which he seemed rather unqualified.

Notes

1. daughter of Nicholas Freese (1762–1831) and Mary Stokes, and brother to Lieutenant George Fraser Freese (1792–1831) of the 59th Regiment of the Foot. He was killed during the Peninsular War in the Battle of Victoria.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Kemble, Henry Stephen". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.