John Durival Kemp, 1st Viscount Rochdale OBE

Order of the British Empire

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Territorial Decoration

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(5 June 1906–1993) was a British peer

Peerage

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 and businessman.

Kemp married Elinor Dorothea Pease on 18 March 1931 and succeeded to his father's title as the 2nd Baron Rochdale in 1945. He was created Viscount Rochdale in 1960.

Lord and Lady Rochdale had two children:

• St John Durival Kemp (15 January 1938); later The Hon. St John Kemp
• The Hon. Bryony Joy Kemp (18 June 1947).

He was chairman of the Cotton Board

Cotton Board (United Kingdom)

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from 1957 to 1961, during which the industry was suffering significant challenges from imports.

Styles and Honours

• Mr John Kemp (1906–1913)
• The Hon. John Kemp (1913–1945)
• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Rochdale (1945–1960)
• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Rochdale OBE (1960–1960)
• The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Rochdale OBE (1960–1993)