Kirkby, Edward John Nanney, son of Lionel John Nanney Kirkby AMIEE, Admiralty engineer, and Margaret Denise, d. of Edward Lycett Burd, med. practitioner, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire; b. 4 Oct. 1935; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left July 1953; asst. inspector Northern Rhodesia Police; m. 8 Aug. 1959 Jane Boston Burn, d. of G. R. Moffat of Berwick-on-Tweed; d. 25 Jan. 1994.

Kingsley, Ian Douglas, son of Ernest Douglas Kingsley of Sedlescombe, Sussex, and Vera Cynthia, d. of Harold P. Clark; b. 23 Sept. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1942; Univ. of Exeter 1943-4; joined BBC 1944, Forces broadcasting Cairo and Jerusalem 1946-7; BBC Sri Lanka 1949-51, Chinese Programme organiser 1951-4; head of programmes Radio Sarawak 1954-9; BBC Thailand 1959-60; Radio Hong Kong 1960-76; m. 9 Sept. 1950 Joy Daphne, d. of L. Garner of Westgate, Kent; d. June 1996.

King, Gerald Hartley, third son of William Hartley King, of Wollescote Hall, Wares, by Louisa, daughter of Benjamin Harding, of Wadhurst Castle, Sussex; b. March 28, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (G); left Dec. 1898; R.M.A. Woolwich; Tombs Memorial Scholar; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. July 23, 1901; Lieut. July 23, 1904; Capt. April 18, 1914; Major Oct. 15, 1915; on staff as Brig. Major R. A. 17th Div. April 24, 1916 - April 11, 1917, and 75th Div. from Feb. 19, 1918; retired July 7, 1922; served in France and Belgium Sept. 1914 - March 1917, and with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Jan.- Oct. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, and Jan. 12, 1920; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; d. 1940.

KEY, SAMUEL, third son of Rev. Samuel Key, Fulford Hall, Yorks., and Harriet, dau. of William Lumb, Whitehaven, Cumberland; b. 21 Jul 1848; adm. 24 Sep 1863 (G); left Christmas 1864; an artist; m. [by 1881] Blanche Lefroy, dau. of Joshua Francis Whittell, Upper Helmsley Hall, Yorks.; d. 13 Mar 1922.

Key, Samuel Whittell, son of Samuel Key (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1874; adm. from Haileybury Sept. 25, 1888 (G); left July 1889; St. John's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1892; sub­sequently migrated to St. Catharine's Coll. 1895; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1901; Cambridge Clergy Training School 1898; ord. deacon 1899, priest 1901 (Norwich); Curate of North Walsham, 1899-1902, Chislehurst, Kent, 1902-3, and Lee, in the same co., 1903-5; Vicar of Cleator, Cumberland, 1905-10, of All Saints, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1910-22; Chaplain to the Forces (4th class) June 6, 1914; Rector of Great Blakenham 1922-8; Vicar of Fulford, Yorks 1928; author of The Material in Support of the Spiritual (1916), The Broken Fang (1920), and other works; m. April 5, 1899, Katherine Hilda, daughter of the Rev. John Carter Browne, D.D., of Dover, Kent; d. Jan. 29, 1948

KEPPEL, WILLIAM ARNOLD WALPOLE, youngest son of Frederick Keppel (adm. 1770, qv); b. 7 Oct 1804; adm. 3 Feb 1817 (G); left 16 Dec 1820; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Oct 1821, matr. 1822; BA 1826; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829; Registrar, Diocese of Exeter; Rector of St. Devereux, Herefs., 10 Jun 1830; Rector of Brampton, Norfolk 30 Jun 1830; Rector of Haynford, Norfolk 14 Jan 1837-77; JP Norfolk; m. 7 Sep 1830 Frances Sophia Georgina, eldest dau. of Robert Marsham, Stratton Strawless, Norfolk; d. 26 Nov 1888.

KEPPEL, JOHN CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK, son of William Keppel, and Hannah --- (IGI); bapt. St. James’s, Piccadilly 28 Oct 1764 (IGI) (as John Frederick Christopher Keppel); adm. 19 Jan 1775 (G); left Whitsun 1780.

KEPPEL, GEORGE THOMAS, 6TH EARL OF ALBEMARLE, third son of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle PC, Master of the Horse, Whig politician, and his first wife Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, sister of Edward Southwell-Clifford, 18th Baron De Clifford (qv); b. 13 Jun 1799; adm. 13 Mar 1808 (G); expelled for getting out of Grants after lockers and going to the theatre 20 Mar 1815; Ensign, 14th Foot 4 Apr 1815; 22nd Foot 5 Feb 1818; Lieut., 24th Foot 25 May 1820; 20th Foot 27 Nov 1821; Capt., 62nd Foot 17 Feb 1825; Maj., unattached 20 Mar 1827; Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1841; Col. in the Army 20 Jun 1854; Maj. -Gen., 26 Oct 1858; Lieut. -Gen., 31 Mar 1866; Gen., 7 Feb 1874; served at battle of Waterloo; ADC to Marquis of Hastings, Governor-Gen. India, 1821-3; MP (Whig) Norfolk East 1832-4, Lymington 1847-50; Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria 1838-41; Private Secretary to Lord John Russell (qv) when Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Jul 1846 – Jul 1847; JP Norfolk, DL 1859; High Sheriff, co. Leitrim 1838; succeded brother as 6th Earl of Albemarle 15 Mar 1841; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords to 1886, afterwards Liberal Unionist; Busby Trustee 26 May 1854; author, Fifty Years of My Life, 1876, in which he refers to his school life and schoolfellows; m. 4 Aug 1831 Susan, third dau. of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart.; d. 21 Feb 1891. DNB.

KEPPEL, FREDERICK, eldest son of Hon. Frederick Keppel (adm. 1737, qv); b. 12 Nov 1762; adm. 23 Mar 1770 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1778, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1778 – void 9 Dec 1782; Ensign, unattached 20 May 1780; 1st Foot 31 May 1780; Capt., 28 Feb 1787; 46th Foot 31 May 1787; Lieut. -Col., 28 Mar 1794; 49th Foot, 1 Sep 1795; of Lexham Hall, Norfolk; m. 3 Aug 1796 Louisa, sister of Henry Clive (qv); d. 12 Apr 1830.

Kennedy, Samuel Patrick Lithgow, son of Samuel David Kennedy (qv); b. 20 Apr. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left Apr. 1944; Trin. Coll. Camb., elected 1944, matric. 1947, BA 1949, MA 1983; an actuary, AIA 1952, FIA 1954; Sun Alliance and Lond. Assurance 1965, asst. gen. man. 1971; dir. Securitas-Gilde Lebensversicherung AG 1979, dep. chmn. 1982-6; visiting Prof. in Actuarial Science City Univ. 1985, dir. Centre for Insurance & Investment 1985-8; Vice-Pres. Inst. of Actuaries 1982-5; dep. sec. -gen. Geneva Assn. 1987-; retd.; m. 20 Apr. 1957 Caris Mary, d. of Edward Parry Evans, solicitor, of Pinner, Middlesex; d. 20 Aug. 2015.