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Sir George (van) Keppel, P.C., K.G., Baronet, 6th Viscount Bury, 6th Earl of Albemarle, 6th Baron Ashford, General. He was 5th in line of descent from HM King Charles II. His Lordship was born on 13 June 1799, the son of William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle and Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, at Marylebone, London. |
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Susan was born about 1806, the daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Bt. and Margaret Gordon. I have identified the following children. |
Birth of Parents
William Coutts Born 15 Apr 1832 London Married Sophia Mary MacNab Margaret Anne Born abt 1833 London Died 19 Dec 1833 Anne Born 28 Oct 1833 London Died 18 Jun 1846, Age 12 Louisa Born May 1836 London Married Capt. Hon. Frederick William Charteris Augusta Born 26 Apr 1838 London Married Ernest Noel
| George Thomas Keppel |
b: 13 June 1799 c: 17 Jul 1799 Marylebone, London son of William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle and Hon. Elizabeth Southwell |
| Susan Trotter |
b: abt 1806 daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Bt. and Margaret Gordon |
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4 Aug 1831 George Thomas Keppel Susan Trotter | Willesden, London |
| William Coutts Keppel |
b: 15 Apr 1832 London son of George Thomas Keppel and Susan Trotter |
| Margaret Anne Keppel |
b: abt 1833 London daughter of George Thomas Keppel and Susan Trotter |
| Anne Keppel |
b: 28 Oct 1833 London daughter of George Thomas Keppel and Susan Trotter |
| Louisa Keppel |
b: May 1836 London daughter of George Thomas Keppel and Susan Trotter |
| Augusta Keppel |
b: 26 Apr 1838 London 1838 2Q St George Hanover Square 1 21 daughter of George Thomas Keppel and Susan Trotter |
| 1851 Census | HO/107/1822 | 31 Mar 1851 | Quiddenham Guiltcross, Norfolk | ||
| Quidenham Hall, Guiltcross | |||||
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George Thomas Keppel Susan (Wife) Louisa (Dau) Augusta (Dau) Plus 14 Servants |
Age 51 Age 43 Age 14 Age 12 |
Earl Of Albemarle Lieut-Col Countess Of Albemarle Lady Lady |
Marylebone London St George's St George's |
London London London London |
13 Jun 1799 abt 1806 May 1836 26 Apr 1838 |
| Susan (Trotter) Keppel | Died 3 Aug 1885 |
| George Thomas Keppel | Died 1891, Age 91,London 1891 1Q Marylebone 1a 504 |
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Lord Cottesloe, the "Father" of the House of Lords, has been quickly followed to the grave by the peer who came next to him in age, the venerable EARL OF ALBEMARLE. GEORGE THOMAS, the sixth earl, died on Saturday at his residence, Quiddenham-hall, Norfolk, in his 92d year, having been born on June 13, 1799. Fifteen years ago the earl published some very entertaining memoirs, under the title of "Fifty Years of my Life," the chief fault of which was that they brought the story down no further than 1855. From these we learn much not only of the distinguished Keppel family to which he belonged, but of the contemporaries, Royal and noble, military and political, among whom he passed his life. He was the direct descendant of the Lords of Keppel in Guelderland, whose record goes back to the 12th century, and who entered into English history with the Arnold Joost von Keppel who came with the Prince of Orange in 1688, and was made Earl of Albemarle in recognition of his great services. Two generations later the Keppels, then settled at Quiddenham, were among the best known of the Whig families of England; and they are as familiar to ourselves as any of the people of that day from the admirable portraits painted of them by their illustrious friend, Sir Joshua Reynolds. Till the other day these portraits of the famous Admiral, of his brother the General, of the third earl, of Lady Caroline, who married Robert Adair, and of Lady Elizabeth, who married Lord Tavistock, all hung in the room for which they were painted; but, alas ! agricultural depression caused the late earl to part with them, and they are now scattered in many directions. His memories tell us in lively language of his adventures at Westminster | School, where he was abominably bullied and fell a frequent sacrifice to Dr. Page's appetite for flogging; of his boy and girl friendship with the Princess Charlotte, who was under the charge of his maternal grandmother Lady de Clifford; and of his last escapade which led to his leaving Westminster at 16 and entering the Army. He fought at Waterloo as ensign in the 14th Regiment; and we have from the old man's pen a lively account of the boy's experiences both in the terrible battle and in the long and hungry march to Paris. Returning to England, he was soon afterwards appointed equerry to the Duke of Sussex, and gained his full share of such other worldly advantages as were likely to fall in the way of a very presentable young member of a great Whig family. He served afterwards in India; and came home via Persia, Baku, Astrakhan, and St. Petersburg - a rare feat in those days. In 1829 he was with the British squadron in Eastern waters, went to Constantinople and Andrianople, and saw the famous Russian General Diebitsch. After the passing of the Reform Bill he stood for East Norfolk, to the great disgust of the squirearchy, "who were astounded at this act of audacity in a man not owning an acre of land in the county," but he was returned by a large majority, and sat till 1835. Appointed one of Lord John Russell's private secretaries in 1846, he again entered Parliament in 1847 as member for Lymington, and sat three years. He married, in 1831, the third daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, and his son, who succeeds him, is the well know Lord Bury, who was Under-Secretary for War from 1878 to 1880, and was called up to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Ashford in 1876. Lord Albemarle was a general officer in the Army and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. |