JONES-PARRY, SIR LOVE PARRY, eldest son of Thomas Parry Jones, Llwynon, Denbighshire, and his cousin Margaret, dau. of Love Parry, Penarth, Caernarvonshire; b. 28 Nov 1781; adm.; at school 1791 (Clapham); KS 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799; BA 1803; MA 1811; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 May 1802; assumed additional surname of Parry 28 Nov 1802; Ensign, 81st Foot Apr 1794; Lieut., 15 Oct 1794; Capt., 30 Oct 1794; 86th Foot, half-pay 1795-1803; Maj., 90th Foot 28 Aug 1804; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj., 103rd Foot 5 Sep 1811; Col., 27 May 1825; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; commanded a brigade on the Canadian frontier 1812-4 and had a horse shot under him at the battle of Lundy’s Lane; MP (Whig) Horsham 20 Jun 1807 – 26 Feb 1808, Caernarvon Boroughs 1835-7; knighted 1835; KH 1836; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1840; chairman, Caernarvonshire QS; m. 1st, 1806 Sophia, only dau. of Robert Stevenson, Binfield, Berks., banker; m. 2nd, 15 Dec 1826 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Caldecott (formerly Reid), Holton Lodge, Lincs.; d. 23 Jan 1853. DNB.
KELSALL, HENRY, son of Henry Kelsall, Chester; b. ; at school under Knipe (W. W. R. Ball & J. A. Venn, eds. , Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb. , iii, 24); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Feb 1707/8, aged 15, scholar 13 May 1709; BA 1711/2; MA 1715; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1714, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1715; Chief Clerk, Treasury, from Nov 1714; MP Chichester 3 Dec 1719-22, Bossiney 1722-7, Mitchell 1727-34; a Commissioner of Taxes from 18 Oct 1735; FRS 27 May 1736; m. [perhaps Elizabeth Elson, 9 Jul 1720 (IGI)]; d. 10 Feb 1762.
KEMP, THOMAS READ, younger but only surviving son of Thomas Kemp MP, Lewes, Sussex, wool-stapler, and Anne, dau. of Henry Read, Brookland, Kent; b. 1782; adm. 31 Mar 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Christmas 1797 (?); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. 5 Nov 1800; BA 1805; MA 1810; adm. Middle Temple 16 May 1804; MP Lewes 10 May 1811 – Mar 1816, Arundel 21 Feb 1823-6, Lewes 1826 – Apr 1837; the developer of the Kemp Town suburb of Brighton; m. 1st, 12 Jul 1806 Frances, fourth dau. of Sir Francis Baring, Bart. MP; m. 2nd, 26 Nov 1832 Frances Margaretta, widow of Vigors Harvey, Killaine Castle, co. Wexford, and dau. of Charles William John Shakerley (qv); d. at Paris 20 Dec 1846. DNB.
KENDALL, JAMES, brother of Thomas Kendall (qv); b. 1647; adm. 10 Jul 1658; KS (aged 13) 1661; adm. Middle Temple 27 Apr 1666, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1666; MP West Looe Apr 1685 – Feb 1689/90, 1695-1702, Lostwithiel 17 Jan 1706 and from 17 Jan 1708; Governor of Barbados 1690-4; a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 24 Feb 1696- Jun 1699; d. 10 Jul 1708. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.
KEPPEL, AUGUSTUS, 1ST VISCOUNT KEPPEL, brother of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); b. 25 Apr 1725; adm. May 1733; left 1735; entered Royal Navy 1735, joining HMS Oxford; served under Anson in HMS Centurion during his voyage round the world; Lieut., 25 Jul 1744; Cdr., 7 Nov 1744; Post Capt., 11 Dec 1744; on special mission to Dey of Algiers 1748-51; Commander-in-Chief, North American station 1754-5; commaned squadron sent to Goree 1758; took part in battle of Quiberon Bay 1759; commanded squadron off Belleisle 1761; Rear-Adm., 21 Oct 1762; second-in-command of expedition against Havana 1762; Vice-Adm., 24 Oct 1770; Adm., 29 Apr 1778; Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet 22 Mar 1778; court-martialled for his conduct of operations off Brest 1779, but the charge was found “malicious and ill-founded” and Keppel became the hero of the day; received freedom, City of London 11 Dec 1779; MP Chichester 15 Jan 1755-61, Windsor 1761-80, Surrey 1780 – 27 Apr 1782; a Colonel of Marines 1760-2; Groom of the Bedchamber 17 Feb 1761 – Dec 1766; a Lord of the Admiralty 21 Dec 1765 – Dec 1766; First Lord of the Admiralty 30 Mar 1782 – Jan 1783, 8 Apr – Dec 1783; Privy Councillor 30 Mar 1782; created Viscount Keppel 27 Apr 1782; d. unm. 3 Oct 1786. DNB.
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, GEORGE, 3RD EARL OF ALBEMARLE, eldest son of William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle KG KB, Ambassador in Paris, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army, and Lady Anne Lennox, eldest dau. of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond KG; b. 5 Apr 1724; styled Viscount Bury to 1754; adm. Apr 1732; left 1740; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 1 Feb 1738; Capt. -Lieut., 1st Royal Dragoons 25 Apr 1741; 2nd Foot Guards 14 Apr 1743; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 27 May 1745; Col., 20th Foot 1 Nov 1749 – Apr 1755, 3rd Dragoons from 8 Apr 1755; Maj. -Gen., 1 Feb 1756; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Apr 1759; Gen., 26 May 1772; ADC to Duke of Cumberland, with whom he was present at battles of Fontenoy and Culloden; ADC to George II (Chamberlayne 1748); Lord of Bedchamber to Duke of Cumberland 1746-65; Equerry to Augusta, Princess of Wales 1751; commanded land forces in Havana expedition 1762-3; MP Chichester 19 Aug 1754 – 22 Dec 1754; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Albemarle 22 Dec 1754; Privy Councillor 28 Jan 1761; Governor of Jersey from 28 Jan 1761; KG 26 Dec 1765, installed 25 Jul 1771; m. 20 Apr 1770 Anne, youngest dau. of Sir John Miller, Bart.; d. 13 Oct 1772.
KEPPEL, HON. WILLIAM, brother of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); b. 5 Nov 1727; at school under Nicoll (list of noblemen appended to alphabetical admissions of Nicoll’s time, Chapter Muniments); known at school as “Fat Van” (The Hothams, 1918, ii, 5 and 9); Page of Honour to George II 23 Oct 1741 – Jun 1746, Gentleman of Horse 14 Jan 1747-60; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 26 Jun 1744; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Jun 1745; Capt. -Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1751; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 Mar 1752; Second Maj., 21 Jul 1760; Col., 56th Foot 17 Dec 1761 – May 1765; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jul 1762; Col., 14th Foot 31 May 1765 – Oct 1775; Lieut. -Gen., 25 May 1772; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland Dec 1773; Col., 12th Light Dragoons, from 18 Oct 1775; ADC to Sir John Ligonier in Flanders; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Laffeldt 1 Jul 1747; served in expedition against Havana 1762-3; Equerry to George III 23 Dec 1760 – Sep 1767; MP Chichester from 26 Jan 1767; d. unm. 1 Mar 1782.
KNIGHT, SIR RICHARD, son of Richard Knight, Chawton, Hampshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Fielder, Burrow Court, Berks.; b.; adm.; a boarder (Busby’s Account Book); left 19 Nov 1656; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1656/7; adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Jun 1658; knighted 10 Jan 1667/8; MP Lymington Feb 1677/8-9; m. Priscilla, dau. of Sir Robert Reynolds, Kt, Elvetham, Hampshire; d. 1679.
L’ESTRANGE, SIR GEORGE BURDETT, second son of Henry Piesley L’Estrange, Moystown, King’s Co., Col. King’s Co. Militia, and Grace, dau. of George Burdett MP (I), The Heath House, Queen’s Co.; b. 1796; adm. 6 Feb 1807; left Dec 1810; Ensign, 31st Foot 16 Jan 1812; Lieut., 17 Jun 1813, half-pay 1814; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 2 Jul 1815, half-pay 11 Jul 1822; served in Peninsular War; attached to household of Lord Lieut. Ireland; Usher at Arms, Order of St. Patrick 1858; knighted at Dublin by Earl of Carlisle as Lord Lieut., 13 Jun 1860; m. 1832 Louisa Vincentia, dau. of Herbert Rawson Stepney, Durrow Abbey, King’s Co.; d. 5 Feb 1878.