KERCHER, ROBERT, eldest son of John Kercher, Mayor of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, and Joan ---; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1586, adm. scholar 1587; BA 1590/1 (incorp. Oxford 1590/1); MA 1594 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1594); BD 1601; DD 1606; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1593 – c. 1604; ordained; Rector of Corfe Castle, Dorset 1600; Rector of Fawley, Hampshire 1613; Prebendary of Winchester from 26 Feb 1602/3; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 5 Jul 1614; m.; d. 9 Oct 1644.

Kerans, Arthur Lees, son of Thomas George Kerans, M.R.C.P. (I.), of Hyde Park, by Jessie, daughter of Crawford Allen, of Kilconnell, County Galway, Ireland; b. May 22, 1874; adm. April 24, 1890 (H); left March 1891; served in France Aug. 1916-Sept. 1919, first as Capt. 3rd Batt. Manchester Regt. and afterwards transferred to the Labour Corps as Salvage Officer at Etaples; was invalided home as Major; m. Nov. 19, 1910, Ada, daughter of Joseph Osborne Magrini, of Florence, Italy.

Ker, Thomas Menzies, son of Robert Loraine Ker, of Ealing, by Georgina Fanny, daughter of Col. Oswald Menzies, of Ealing; b. July 12, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left April 1917; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1917; 2nd Lieut. unattached Jan. 31, 1918, Indian Army Feb. 7, 1918; Lieut. Jan. 31, 1919; Capt. Jan. 31, 1923; served in the Afghan War 1919, and in Waziristan 1923-4; Major 11th Sikh Regt. Jan. 31, 1936; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 31, 1944; Col. Dec. 1946; retired Aug. 1948; served in Great War II in Italy; m. April 16, 1934, Hilda Eileen, daughter of L. Heathcote, of Tunbridge Wells; d. 1970.

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.

KEPPEL, HON. FREDERICK, brother of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); b. 19 Jan 1728/9; adm. May 1737 (Hawkins'); KS 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 16 Sep 1758; BA 1752; MA 1754; DD 1762; ordained; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III c. 1754-62; Canon of Windsor 19 Apr 1754- Nov 1762; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 7 Nov 1762 (also Treasurer, Prebendary and Archdeacon of Exeter, and Rector of Shobbrooke, Devon, in commendam); Dean of Windsor from 19 Oct 1765 (also Registrar, Order of the Garter, and Dean of Wolverhampton); m. 13 Sep 1758 Louisa, natural dau. of Hon. Sir Edward Walpole KB MP; d. 27 Dec 1777. DNB.

Kent, Maurice Basil, son of Maurice Churchill Kent and Maud, d. of Cooper Worth; b. 20 Aug. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1924; reported d. in the Seychelles 1944.

Kent, George Francis Nelson, son of George John Kent of Bexhill-on-Sea and Florence Edith, d. of William Henry Kearney of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone; b. 21 Oct. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Dec. 1924; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. 1926; m. 22 May 1947 Elena Eloisa, d. of Paul Theodore Schmidt, Freiherr von und zu Balensi, of Vienna; d. 31 Mar. 1993.