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Sir

James Kempt
Bornc. 1765
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died20 December 1854
London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldSouth-West District
8th Brigade
Battles/warsWar of the Third Coalition
Peninsular War
War of 1812
War of the Seventh Coalition
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order

General Sir James Kempt, GCB, GCH (c. 1765 – 20 December 1854) was a British Army officer, who served in the Netherlands, Egypt, Italy, the Peninsula, and British North America during the Napoleonic Wars. He led a British brigade at the Battle of Waterloo and later became Governor General of Canada.

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