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(3rd) Earl of Albemarle                        1724-1772
Sir George (van) Keppel, Baronet, P.C., K.G., 3rd Viscount Bury, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, 3rd Baron Ashford, M.P. for Chichester, Keeper and Governor of Jersey, Lord of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Cumberland, Commander-in-Chief of the reduction of the Havannas, commander of the 20th Foot, and General. He was 3rd in line of descent from HM King Charles II.
His Lordship was born on 5 April 1724, the son of Sir William Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and Lady Anne Lennox.
Anne Miller                                                -1824
Anne was the daughter of Sir John Miller, 4th Bt. and Susan Combe.
I have identified the following children. 		  (3rd) Earl of Albemarle
  William Charles Born 14 May 1772     Married Elizabeth Southwell

Birth of Parents
Sir George Keppel b: 5 Apr 1724  c: 4 May 1724       St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Covent Garden, London
son of Sir William Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and Lady Anne Lennox

Anne Miller No Date        
daughter of Sir John Miller, 4th Bt. and Susan Combe

Marriage
20 Apr 1770
Sir George Keppel
Anne Miller

During the reign of George III this house was bought by the 3rd. Earl of Albemarle for £63,000 and would be transformed out of recognition by his son, William Charles, who greatly enlarged it with the addition of extra wings encasing the original, Tudor style mansion. The Earls of Albemarle, who retained possession of the Hall until 1948, were descendants of Walter Joost van Keppel who came over to England from the Netherlands as a page to William III in 1688, and it was as the Keppels that the family were known to King Edward VII. Alice Keppel, the Edwardian beauty who became the King's last mistress, was married to the third son of the seventh Earl.   King Edward visited Quidenham Hall in 1907.
 Quidenham Hall, Guiltcross, Norfolk 18th Century view of Quidenham Hall

Children
William Charles Keppel b: 14 May 1772              
son of General Sir George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, KG, and Anne Miller

Death
General Sir George Keppel,
3rd Earl of Albemarle, KG		 Died 13 Oct 1772, Age 48
Buried on 22 Oct 1772 at Quidenham, Norfolk

Death
Anne (Miller) Keppel Died 3 July 1824

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