William Herbert Kemp

William Herbert Kemp (April 1881 – 17 January 1957) was a British chemist and a Liberal Party politician who was Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent.

[1] He was educated at Market Harborough Grammar School and Caterham College in Surrey.

[4] He was the first Chairman of the Stoke-on-Trent branch of the Pharmaceutical Society and the last President of the North Staffordshire Chemists Association.

He took a particular interest in education in the North Staffordshire area and in 1949 was one of the founders of Keele University.

He was Liberal candidate for the new Stoke-on-Trent South division of Staffordshire at the 1950 General Election.