Janet Tempest
{{short description|British Catholic philanthropist}}
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| name = Janet Tempest
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| birth_name = Janet Evelyn Mary Longton
| birth_date = {{birth year|1930}}
| birth_place = Argentina
| death_date = {{dda|2021|12|25|1930||df=y}}
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| occupation = Philanthropist
| spouse = Henry Tempest
| children = 5 (including Annie Tempest)
| parents = Harold Longton (father)
| relatives = Tempest family (by marriage)
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Janet Evelyn Mary Tempest (née Longton; 1930- 25 December 2021) was an Argentine-born British landowner and Catholic philanthropist. She was the châtelaine of Broughton Hall, the seat of the Tempest family in North Yorkshire. A devout Catholic, she was a devotee of Mother Teresa, having met her in India. She volunteered internationally with the Missionaries of Charity and ran a clothing bank at Broughton Hall for the poor in Kolkata and in Eastern Europe. Tempest also funded the construction of an extension to St. Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery in Skipton. In 2004, she sustained permanent injuries from falling off a camel while on safari in Kenya.
Early life
Tempest was born Janet Evelyn Mary Longton, the daughter of Harold Longton, in 1930 in Argentina.{{Cite web |title='Remarkable' Janet Tempest of Broughton Hall dies on Christmas Day aged 91 |url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19818129.remarkable-janet-tempest-broughton-hall-dies-christmas-day-aged-91/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Craven Herald |date=31 December 2021 |language=en}} She spent the first seven years of her childhood in Argentina before moving with her family to South Africa.
Marriage and issue
She married Henry Roger Tempest, a member of the Tempest family, on 18 January 1957.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-10 |title=Obituary: Henry Tempest of Broughton Estate, Skipton |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituary-henry-tempest-broughton-estate-skipton-1777412 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk |language=en}} They had five children:{{Cite web |date=2017-05-20 |title=Lives remembered: Landowner Henry Tempest BORN 1924 - DIED 2017 |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/obituaries/806864/Lives-remembered-Landowner-Henry-Tempest-Broughton-Hall |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}
- Bridget Mary Tempest (born 12 October 1957)
- Anne Valerie Tempest (born 1959)
- Mary Hazel Tempest (born 1961)
- Roger Henry Tempest (born 9 August 1963)
- Piers Martin Tempest (born 19 November 1973)
Catholic charity work
She was a devout Catholic and a devotee of Mother Teresa, having met the nun in India. She volunteered with the Missionaries of Charity around the world and, since 1975, ran a clothing bank at Broughton Hall for the poor in Kolkata and in Eastern Europe.{{Cite web |title=Paris Ackrill of Broughton Hall |url=https://www.duchessthepodcast.com/episodes/paris-ackrill-broughton-hall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012175146/https://www.duchessthepodcast.com/episodes/paris-ackrill-broughton-hall |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Duchess |language=en-GB}} In 2012, she funded a new extension at St. Stephen's Catholic Primary School & Nursery in Skipton.
Broughton Hall
Upon her husband's inheritance of Broughton Hall from his older brother, she became the estate's châtelaine.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-21 |title=Roger Tempest - A 21st century lord of the manor |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/roger-tempest-21st-century-lord-manor-1807054 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=English landowner Henry Tempest with his wife Janet having a tea in... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/english-landowner-henry-tempest-with-his-wife-janet-having-news-photo/954551752 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Getty Images |language=es}} She offered tours and opened the house to the public to keep it running.{{Cite web |title=Broughton Hall Tour Guide History Broughton Hall by Broughton Hall - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/broughtonhallestate/docs/broughton_tour_guide_v3_history_bro |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=issuu.com |date=13 February 2014 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Medieval English genealogy: The Early Tempests |url=http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/families/tempest/early.shtml |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk}} She served as a director of the estate.{{Cite web |title= TEMPEST ESTATES (BROUGHTON) LIMITED |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/01292132 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=opencorporates.com}} In 2018 the hall's business park was home to more than 50 companies employing more than 700 people.{{cite news |last1=Youens |first1=Arabella |title='The house was so cold, you'd have to put antifreeze in the loo every morning': Inside Broughton Hall, the 97-room stately home |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/house-cold-have-put-antifreeze-loo-every-morning-inside-broughton/ |access-date=22 October 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=20 May 2018}}
In 2007, she hosted Anne, Princess Royal at Broughton Hall.
Injury and death
In 2004 she fell off of a camel while on safari in Kenya.{{Cite web |title=Estate owner fights for life after fall from camel |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8005764.estate-owner-fights-for-life-after-fall-from-camel/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |date=16 January 2004 |language=en}} She was flown by jet from Nairobi back to the United Kingdom and was treated at Leeds General Infirmary.{{Cite web |title=Family say thank you for prayers and support |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8005287.family-say-thank-you-for-prayers-and-support/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |date=30 January 2004 |language=en}} The injury left her in a wheelchair for the remainder of her life. She died on 25 December 2021.{{Cite web |title=Coroner opens inquest into death of Janet Tempest, of Broughton Hall |url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19878729.coroner-opens-inquest-death-janet-tempest-broughton-hall/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Craven Herald |date=27 January 2022 |language=en}} A Catholic funeral service was held at Broughton Chapel on the family estate.
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Category:Argentine emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:Argentine people of English descent
Category:British Roman Catholic missionaries
Category:British philanthropists
Category:20th-century British landowners
Category:20th-century British women landowners
Category:British women philanthropists