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Jack Hemmings (27 June 1897 – 1940) was a businessman and founder of various stores including Hemming Fishing Tackle.

Early and private life
Jack James Hemmings was born on 27 June 1897 at in Lambeth, to parents James Hemmings (1865-1917), ornament and picture frame maker, and his wife Sarah, née Jones (1864–1911). During his childhood, his family largely stayed in the same area.

Jack James started work at the age of 10 after leaving school at the normal leaving age of 10. His first job was with a butcher in the New Cut, Lambeth.

In 1917, Jack James's father died and John James took on the additional responsibility of helping to support his mother and two sisters. He began to open several shops, of which only one survives today.

Jack James never married and died on the first night of the Blitz on 7 September 1940 at the age of 43.

Business career
During the majority of his life, Jack James avoided personal publicity and little evidence remains of his character. Over the course of the last 18 years of his life, Jack James opened