Frederick Keppel (1729 - 1777)

Born 19 Jan 1729 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Laura (Walpole) Keppel — married 13 Sep 1758 in England

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1777 at age 48 in England

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Biography

Frederick Keppel was the fifth son of William van Keppel and his wife, Lady Anne Lennox.

On 13 September 1758, he married Laura Walpole, sister of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh and eldest daughter of the the Honourable Edward Walpole and his wife, Dorothy Clement. They had four children, three daughters and one son.

Keppel died in 1777 and his wife survived him until 1813. His daughter Laura was wife of George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton.

Sources

• W. P. Courtney, ‘Keppel, Frederick (1729–1777)’, rev. William C. Lowe, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 accessed 13 Sept 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.

• Wikipedia: Frederick Keppel

• Thepeerage.com: Rt. Rev. Hon. Frederick Keppel Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.