Kemble Charles

Kemble, Charles, brother of John Philip (q.v.), was born in 1775, and got employment in the Post Office, which he abandoned in 1792 for the family vocation. In 1803 he joined his brother at Covent Garden, and succeeded him in the management, thereby incurring great pecuniary burdens. As an actor he excelled in high comedy and in the middle range of Shakesperian types, such as Malcolm, Macduff, Aufidius. In 1840 be gave up the active exercise of his profession, and was appointed examiner of plays. By his marriage with Mlle. De Camp he became the father of John Mitchell (q.v.);' of Frances Anna (Mrs. Butler), a gifted actress and poet, who survived until 1892; and of Adelaide (Mrs. Sartoris), who displayed great musical abilities and died in Italy a year before her sister.