[1] In 1852 Godfrey Mundy claimed Kermode to be the richest Manxman in the world, in his book Our Antipodes.

Kermode's mansion, Mona Vale, itself was at the time the largest house in Australia.

[1] Kermode arrived in Van Diemen's Land with his father in 1827 and married his wife, Martha, daughter of Thomas Archer in November 1839.

[1] Kermode was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the Electoral division of Campbell Town from 28 October 1851 to 1852 and for the Electoral division of Longford from 10 October 1856 until resigning in 1857.

[4] Then Kermode represented the Electoral division of North Esk from 13 June 1864 until retiring on 18 July 1868.