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On 20th April 1770 [his father] George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle and [his mother] Anne Miller Countess Albermarle were married at Yattendon Castle. She by marriage Countess Albermarle. He the son of [his grandfather] William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle and [his grandmother] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle.
On 14th May 1772 William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle was born to [his father] George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle and [his mother] Anne Miller Countess Albermarle.
On 13th October 1772 [his father] George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle died. William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle succeeded 4th Earl Albermarle, 4th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 4th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent.
Around 1786 William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle educated at St John's College, Cambridge University.
On 9th April 1792 William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle were married. She by marriage Countess Albermarle. He the son of George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle and Anne Miller Countess Albermarle.
In 1793 [his son] William Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. He died aged eleven in 1804.
On 2nd June 1794 [his son] Augustus Frederick Keppel 5th Earl Albermarle was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. He married 4th May 1816 Frances Steer Countess Albemarle.
Around 1798 [his daughter] Sophia Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.
On 13th June 1799 [his son] George Thomas Keppel 6th Earl Albermarle was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.
In 1800 [his son] Edward Southwell Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. He married Maria Clements, daughter of Nathaniel Clements 2nd Earl Leitrim and Mary Bermingham.
In 1803 [his daughter] Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. She married 1822 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and had issue.
In 1804 [his son] William Keppel died.
In 1804 [his daughter] Mary Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. She married 27th February 1826 Henry Frederick Stephenson, son of Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk, and had issue.
In 1809 [his son] Admiral Henry Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. He married 1839 Katherine Crosby and had issue.
In 1811 [his son] Thomas Robert Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. He married Frances Barrett Lennard.
On 3rd April 1814 [his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. She married before 22nd February 1841 Dean Thomas Garnier, son of Thomas Garnier, and had issue.
On 4th May 1816 [his son] Augustus Frederick Keppel 5th Earl Albermarle and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Steer Countess Albemarle were married. He the son of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.
On 14th November 1817 [his wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle died.
In 1822 [his son-in-law] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and [his daughter] Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester were married. The difference in their ages was 48 years. She the daughter of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his former wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.
In 1824 [his daughter] Sophia Keppel died.
On 3rd July 1824 [his mother] Anne Miller Countess Albermarle died.
On 27th February 1826 [his son-in-law] Henry Frederick Stephenson and [his daughter] Mary Keppel were married. She the daughter of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his former wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle. He the illegitmate son of Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk.
In 1839 [his son] Admiral Henry Keppel and [his daughter-in-law] Katherine Crosby were married. He the son of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his former wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.
11th February 1840. Tuesday. Supplement to the London Gazette.
St James's Palace. February 10, 1840.
THIS day the Marriage of the QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY with Field Marshal His ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBOURG AND GOTHA, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by his Suite, proceeded from Buckingham-Palace this day, about half past eleven o'clock, to St. James's-Palace, in the following order:
The first Carriage,.
Conveying General Sir George Anson, G.C.B.; George Edward Anson, Esq; and Francis Seymour, Esq; the Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour.
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Uxbridge (who afterwards returned to Buckingham-Palace, to attend in Her Majesty's Procession), and the Officers of the Suite of His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, viz. Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, and Baron De Lowenfels.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Colourg and Gotha (father), and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha (elder brother).
Her Majesty, attended by Her Royal Household, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, proceeded, at twelve o'clock, from Buckingham-Palace to St James's Palace, in the following order:
The first Carriage,
Conveying two Gentlemen Ushers, Charles Heneage, Esq and the Honourable Heneage Legge; Yeoman of the Yeomen of the Guard, Charles Hancock, Esq,; and the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour.
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget; two Pages of Honour, Charles T. Wemyss, Esq and Henry William John Byng, Esq j and the Groom in Waiting, the Honourable George Keppel.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying the Clerk Marshal, Colonel the Honourable H. E. G. Cavendish; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G. C. H.; and the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng.
The fourth Carriage,.
Conveying the Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Mrs. Brand; the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Ilchester; the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinaird; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey.
The fifth Carriage,.
Conyeying the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Honourable Caroline Cocks; the Duchess of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Lady K Howard; the Gold Stick, General Lord Hill, G. C.B., G. C. H.; and the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Torrington.
The sixth Carriage,.
Conveying the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Countess of Sandwich; the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G. C.H.; the Lord Steward, the Earl of Erroll, K.T. G.C.H.; and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge.
The seventh Carriage,.
Conveying Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN; Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; and the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes to Her Majesty.
The illustrious Personages, and others composing the Procession, then assembled in the Throneroom, and, having been called over by Garter Principal King of Arms, the Processions, moyed in the following order, to the Chapel Royal:
THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Serjeant Trumpeter.
Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester, Knt.
Lancaster Herald, George Frederick Beltz, Esq K.H, York Herald, Charles George Young, Esq.
The Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour, viz. Francis Seymour, Esq Gen. Sir George Anson, G.C B. George Edward Anson, Esq.
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Belfast, G.C.H., Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Uxbridge.
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THE QUEEN. Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.
Her Majesty's Train borne by the following twelve unmarried Ladies, viz.
Lady Adelaide Paget, Lady Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox, Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Villiers, Lady Elizabeth Anne Georgiana Dorothea Howard, Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper, Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay, Lady Elizabeth West, Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie, Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget, Lady Mary Charlotte Howard.
Assisted by the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour.
Master of the Horse, The Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Mistress of the Robes, The Duchess of Sutherland.
Ladies of the Bedchamber, The Marchioness of Normanby, The Duchess of Bedford, The Countess of Burlington, The Countess of Sandwich, The Baroness Portman, The Dowager Lady Lyttleton, The Lady Barham.
Maids of Honour, The Hon. Amelia Murray, The Hon. Harriet Pitt, The Hon. Caroline Cocks, The Hon. Henrietta Anson, The Hon. Matilda Paget, The Hon. Harriet Lister, The Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish.
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Before 22nd February 1841 [his son-in-law] Dean Thomas Garnier and [his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Keppel were married. She the daughter of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and [his former wife] Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.
On 22nd July 1844 [his daughter] Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester died.
On 30th October 1849 William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle died. [his son] Augustus Frederick Keppel 5th Earl Albermarle succeeded 5th Earl Albermarle, 5th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 5th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent. [his daughter-in-law] Frances Steer Countess Albemarle by marriage Countess Albermarle.
[his daughter] Georgiana Charlotte Keppel was born to William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.