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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Olaf Roos-Keppel, GCIE, KCSI (7 September 1866 – 11 December 1921) was a British military officer who served in the capacities of Political Agent to the Governor-General in Kurram and Khyber, and later as Chief Commissioner, North West Frontier Province from 1908 till 1919. He is also known for his role in 3rd Afghan War. He was commissioned in the Royal Scots ...
George Keppel MVO (14 October 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a British army officer and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress and confidante of King Edward VII. Keppel was a descendant of King Charles II, and was also the great grandfather of Camilla, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
Keppel fue el hijo menor de William Keppel, séptimo conde de Albemarle, y su esposa Sofía. Se graduó en el Royal Military College en 1885 y poco después se unió a los Gordon Highlanders. Renunció a su cargo en 1892, pero se unió a la Artillería de Norfolk en 1894.
Se casó con la famosa cortesana Alice Keppel, que tuvo una relación con el rey Eduardo VII. George y Alice tuvieron tres hijos juntos y vivieron en Francia y Londres. Keppel murió en 1851 a los 77 años. Fue recordado por su distinguida carrera militar y su conexión con la sociedad aristocrática británica de la época.
Categorías: Militares del Reino Unido por siglo. Militares del siglo XIX. Británicos del siglo XIX.
General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle KG PC (London, 8 April 1724 – 13 October 1772), styled Viscount Bury until 1754, was a British soldier nobleman best known for his capture of Havana in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. He came from a wealthy and powerful Dutch family from Gueldres close to the Princes of Orange that had moved to England in the seventeenth sentury. His father was ...
Ele começou sua carreira militar na Holanda lutando contra os franceses. Ele é o filho de William Keppel, 2 º Conde de Albemarle e sua esposa Anne Lennox (24 de junho de 1703-20 de outubro de 1789), A própria filha de Charles Lennox, 1 st Duque de Richmond, e Anne Brudenell (neta do rei Charles II da Inglaterra). Carreira militar
