Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle

"Lieutenant-General Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle KG, KB, PC, ADC (5 June 1702 – 22 December 1754) was a British diplomat and an American colonist."

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http://www.thepeerage.com/p1680.htm#i16793

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Citations / Sources:

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 93. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 94.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 434.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 84.

[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 47. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

[S8] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, volume 1, page 48.

• He was baptised on 16 June 1702 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Covent Garden, London, England, with Queen Anne I of Great Britain as his godparent(s).
• He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 18 May 1725
• He fought in the Battle of Dettingen in 1743
• He fought in the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.1
• He fought in the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746.
• He was Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Scotland on 23 August 1746
• He held the office of Ambassador to France between 1749 and 1754

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