George Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle

General George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle, (13 June 179921 February 1891), styled The Honourable from birth until 1851, was a British soldier, Liberal politician and writer.

Background and education Born in Marylebone, he was the third and second surviving son of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle, and his first wife Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford. In 1851, he succeeded his older brother Augustus as earl. Hall and was educated at Westminster School. In 1815, he entered the British Army as an ensign.

Military career Keppel fought with the 14th Regiment of Foot in the Battle of Waterloo. Keppel was transferred as lieutenant to the 20th Regiment of Foot in 1820 and went to India, where he was aide-de-camp to the Governor-General Marquess of Hastings until his resignation in 1823, when Keppel returned to England, travelling overland through Persia, Moscow and Saint Petersburg. He then studied in the senior department of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and in 1827 obtained a half-pay unattached majority. In 1829 he visited the seat of the Russo-Turkish war and was with the British fleet in Turkish waters. He did not again serve on full pay but continued to rise in rank.

Political career Keppel represented East Norfolk in the Whig interest in the British House of Commons from 1832 until three years later. He stood unsuccessfully for King's Lynn in 1837 and for Lymington in 1841,

In 1820, he was appointed Equerry to Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. He served as Groom-in-Waiting between the latter year and 1841 and was private secretary to the prime minister Lord John Russell between 1846 and the next year. They had four daughters and one son. Keppel died, aged 91 in Portman Square in London and was buried in Quidenham.

He was succeeded in his titles by his only son William, a great-great-grandfather of Queen Camilla. other_versions =

Works Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England (1827) Personal Narrative of Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media and Scythia (1827) Narrative of a Journey across the Balcan (1831) Memoirs of the Marquess of Rockingham and his Contemporaries (1852) Fifty Years of My Life (1876)