Kemp's economic interests were threatened, he was likely to react with "explosive violence". Kemp was a critic of Sorell, but later changed his mind. It may have been when one of Kemp's daughters married one of Sorell's sons. Or, it could have been a realisation that the next lieutenant-governor might not be as generous with land grants. Kemp was even to become the chair of a committee of petitioners to have Sorell's term extended, but this petition was declined by London. Kemp continued to have problems with the administration, and had run-ins with the next Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur. Kemp was re-appointed a justice of the peace by a subsequent lieutenant-governor John Franklin in 1837. Death Kemp's wife Elizabeth died in October 1865, aged 79. Kemp lived to the age of 95, dying at Sandy Bay on 28 October 1868. He was buried in St George's Church of England cemetery in Albuera Street, Battery Point, Hobart. The area in Sydney where Kemp's first land grant was located is now known as Kemp's Creek. The town which developed in Van Diemen's Land in the area where Kemp had his largest land holdings was renamed Kempton in 1840, the original name of Green Ponds being used as the name for the municipality and the general area. Kemp is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Tasmania". This is said to be an allusion to the number of his children (seven sons and eleven daughters) and grandchildren who married into other prominent families in Tasmania. Notes References Murray C. Kemp, 'Kemp, Anthony Fenn (1773? – 1868)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 39–40 Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798 Joseph Holt THE RUM REBELLION, 1808: A LESSON FOR NATION BUILDING Author unknown, Francis Forbes Society, Sydney Australia. John West, "The History of Tasmania Vol 1" 1852 John Dunmore Lang, "A History of the Colony of New South Wales", 1837 1773 births 1868 deaths Colony of New South Wales judges Judge Advocates of New South Wales 19th-century Australian judges