Frederick Keppel

Frederick Keppel (19 January 1728 – 27 December 1777 His older brothers were George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, who had succeeded their father as earl, Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, an admiral, raised to the peerage in his own right and the politician and military commander Hon. William Keppel. and became Dean of Windsor as well as consequently Register of the Order of the Garter three years later, holding all three posts until his death in 1777.

Family On 13 September 1758, he married Laura Walpole, sister of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh and eldest daughter of the Hon Edward Walpole, a son of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford.

Anna Maria (d. 1836), who married Lt.-Gen. William Stapleton. They had one son, Lt.-Col. John Horace Stapleton. Frederick (12 Nov 1762 – 12 April 1830), who married Louisa Clive, daughter George Clive MP. They had three sons. Laura (14 Mar 1765 – 29 June 1798), who married George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton. They had two daughters, of which one, Georgiana, married her cousin Lt.-Col. John Stapleton. Charlotte Augusta (1771–1852), who married Robert Foote, Gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber and High Sheriff of Kent. They had no known issue.

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

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