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, 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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

Kerensky, Oleg, son of Oleg Alexander Kerensky CBE FRS DSc MICE, and his first wife Nathalie, d. of James Bely of Chelsea; b. 9 Jan. 1930; adm. Sept. 1943 (R); left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1951, MA 1955; a journalist and critic; dep. editor The Listener 1963-8; ballet critic Daily Mail 1957-71, New Statesman 1968-78, International Herald Tribune 1971-9; New York correspondent The Stage 1980-; adj. Prof. New York Univ., USA 1985-; author of Ballet Scene 1970, Anna Pavlova 1973, The New British Drama 1979; d. 9 July 1993.

Kermode, Alfred Cotterill, son of the Rev. Sidney Alfred Pizey Kermode, by Lucy, daughter of Charles Lynam, of Stoke-on-Trent; b. Jan. 30, 1897; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1910; left Nov. 5, 1910; went to Oundle; Clare Coll. Cambridge; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1944; Flight Sub-Lieut. R.N.A.S. 1916; Lieut. R.A.F. 1918; civilian education offr. R.A.F. 1923-39; Sqdn. Ldr. June 1, 1942; Group Capt. (Educational Branch) R.A.F. July 1, 1948; Air Vice-Marshal and Director of Educational Services Air Ministry 1955; A.D.C. to the Queen May 5, 1953; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1944; C.B.E. Jan 1, 1956; author of Mechanics of Flight (1932), Flight without Formulae (1939), The Aeroplane Structure (1939); m. Sept. 6, 1946, Rose Price Nowell, nee Roberts, daughter of O.P. Roberts, civil servant, of Liverpool; d. 23 Feb. 1973.

Kerpen, Claude Valentine, son of James Louis Baron von Kerpen, of South Kensington, by Millicent, daughter of James Maude, of Cheltenham, Glos.; b. May 28, 1897; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1914; enlisted in R. N. Div. Oct. 1914; joined the 4th Batt. Royal Fusiliers and in Feb. 1915 obtained a commission in the 3rd Batt. Northamptonshire Regt.; transferred R. F. C. June 11, 1916; Lieut. July 1, 1917; was wounded Aug. 7, 1917, at Herdin, in France; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 4, 1939; Flying Officer Sept. 12, 1939; Flight­ Lieut. Dec. 1, 1941; seconded for special duty Dec. 1943 to Feb. 1944; m. March 28, 1923, Frances Deborah, elder daughter of John Frances Albright, of Hook Heath, Woking.

KERR, FREDERICK WILLIAM, son of T. N. Kerr, Tavistock Square, London; b. 7 Jun 1859; adm. 6 Apr 1872 (James'); left 1873; d. 3 Sep 1938.