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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.