George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale
George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale, CB (9 June 1866 – 24 March 1945) was a British politician, soldier, businessman and cricketer.A batsman, he scored three centuries all against Yorkshire - 109 in the Roses Match, at Huddersfield, in 1885 whilst still a teenager[3] and 125 and 103 within 18 days of each other in 1886 at Fenner's and Sheffield respectively.He left again for South Africa in May 1902, as temporary lieutenant-colonel in command of the 32nd Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry, including a machine-gun section which he had helped raise.Kemp obtained leave to return home before his regiment,[12] and left Cape Town on the SS Kildonan Castle in late September 1902, arriving at Southampton the following month.Lord Rochdale died at Lingholm near Keswick, Cumberland[1] in 1945, aged 88, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John.
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