Sir Joseph Horsford Kemp, CBE, KC (1874-1950) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and judge.

He was educated at the High School, Dublin, Ireland, and Cape University, South Africa.

[6] In 1930, he was appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong replacing Sir Henry Gollan.

The appointment was in line with long-term practice in British Hong Kong of assigning administrative officers to serve in the local judiciary.

On his retirement, he was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Hong Kong[9] He died on 13 September 1950 at his home in Sutton, Surrey.