Background
Wilfrid James Hemp was the only son of James Kennerley Hemp (born 1848 in Camberwell, London).
Wilfrid James Hemp was the only son of James Kennerley Hemp (born 1848 in Camberwell, London).
In 1928, he was appointed secretary of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. He was primarily responsible for the Royal Commission"s volume on Anglesey, "which set a new standard in the commission"s inventories for the Principality".
Elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1913, he was the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Wales, set up under the Acting of 1913, of which he was secretary until 1928, and thereafter until his death a member of the board.