William H. Kemble

Biography

Mr Kemble sang with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, under W.S. Gilbert and 'Arthur Sullivan''s instruction, from 1888 until 1895. He was the nephew of D'Oyly Carte principal contralto Alice Barnett, and later married Carte chorister Nancy Pounds, brother of principal tenor Courtice Pounds. While with the Carte, Kemble sang the following principal roles: Bouncer in "Cox and Box", Corcoran in "HMS Pinafore", Grosvenor in "Patience", Pooh-Bah or the eponymous role in "The Mikado", Meryll in "The Yeomen of the Guard", Giuseppe in "The Gondoliers", and Mr Goldbury in "Utopia, Ltd.".