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Kemble is the name of a family of English actors , who reigned over the British stage for decades . The most famous were Sarah Siddons ( ___MASK14___ - ___MASK68___ ) and her brother John Philip Kemble ( 1757 - 1823 ), the two eldest of the twelve children of Roger Kemble ( 1721 - 1802 ), a strolling player and manager of the Warwickshire Company of Comedians , who in 1753 married an actress , Sarah Ward . Roger Kemble was born in Hereford , and was a grand - nephew of Father John Kemble , a recusant Catholic priest , who was hanged in that city in 1679 . Three younger children of Roger , Stephen Kemble ( 1758 - ___MASK47___ ), Charles Kemble ( 1775 - ___MASK94___ ), and Elizabeth Whitlock ( 1761 - 1836 ), were also actors , while Ann Hatton was a novelist . John Philip Kemble ( ___MASK8___ February ___MASK2___  ___MASK4___ ) was an English actor . He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble , actor - manager of a touring troupe . His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane . His other siblings Charles Kemble , Stephen Kemble , Ann Hatton and Elizabeth Whitlock also enjoyed success on the stage . Roger Kemble ( ___MASK8___ March 1721  ___MASK35___ ) was an English theatre manager , strolling player and actor . In 1753 , he married actress Sarah " Sally " Ward ( 1735  1807 ) at Cirencester , Gloucester , and they had twelve children , who formed the great Kemble family of 19th - century actors and actresses . Elizabeth Whitlock ( ___MASK69___ April ___MASK32___ , Warrington , Lancashire  ___MASK54___ , Addlestone ) was an English actress , a member of the Kemble family of actors . She made her first appearance on the stage in 1783 . In 1785 she married Charles E . Whitlock , went with him to America , and played with much success there . She seems to have retired about 1807 . Her sister was actress Sarah Siddons . Charles Kemble ( ___MASK24___ November 1775  12 November ___MASK94___ ) was a British actor . Ann Julia Hatton ( née Kemble ; other married name Curtis ; published as Ann of Swansea ) ( ___MASK42___ April ___MASK97___  ___MASK72___ , Swansea ), was a popular novelist in Britain in the early 19th century . Roger Kemble ( March ___MASK8___ , 1721 -- December ___MASK87___ , 1802 ) was an English theatre manager , strolling player and actor . In 1753 , he married actress Sarah `` Sally '' Ward ( 1735 -- 1807 ) at Cirencester , Gloucester , and they had twelve children , who formed the great Kemble family of 19th - century actors and actresses . George Stephen Kemble ( ___MASK49___ April ___MASK30___  5 June ___MASK47___ ) was a successful theatre manager , British actor , writer , and a member of the famous Kemble family . Sarah Siddons ( 5 July ___MASK14___  ___MASK88___ ) was a Welsh - born actress , the best - known tragedienne of the 18th century . She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble , Charles Kemble , Stephen Kemble , Ann Hatton and Elizabeth Whitlock , and the aunt of Fanny Kemble . She was most famous for her portrayal of the Shakespearean character , Lady Macbeth , a character she made her own , and for famously fainting at the sight of the Elgin Marbles in London . The Sarah Siddons Society continues to present the Sarah Siddons Award in Chicago every year to a prominent actress . Hereford is a cathedral city , civil parish and county town of Herefordshire , England . It lies on the River Wye , approximately east of the border with Wales , southwest of Worcester , and northwest of Gloucester . With a population of ___MASK86___ , 896 , it is the largest settlement in the county .