John Kemp, 1st Viscount Rochdale

Brigadier John Durival Kemp, 1st Viscount Rochdale OBE, TD, DL (5 June 1906 – 24 May 1993[1]), was a British peer, soldier and businessman.

[2] His father was a Member of Parliament for Heywood and Manchester North West and served as chairman of Kelsall & Kemp, flannel manufacturers.

Forces in the Pacific and with the British Army in India, where he was mentioned in despatches, and achieved the rank of Brigadier.

Lord Rochdale was Chairman of the family firm of Kelsall & Kemp from 1950 to 1971, a Member of the Central Transport Consultative Committees from 1952 to 1957, President of the National Union of Manufacturers from 1953 to 1956, a Governor of the BBC from 1954 to 1959 and Chairman of the Cotton Board from 1957 to 1962,[2] when the industry was suffering significant challenges from imports.

Elinor was the second daughter of Ernest Hubert Pease, OBE, of Ledge House in Bembridge, Isle of Wight, and Mowden in Darlington.