Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle

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Willem van Keppel, 2nd earl of Albemarle

Willem van Keppel (1702 – 1754) was the second earl of Albemarle. Albemarle County, Virginia was named after him. Keppel was a British soldier, a diplomat and held various roles in the household of King George II (1683-1760), who was a personal friend. Lieutenant-General Albemarle was Governor of Virginia from 1737 until his death in 1754. [1] The county that bears his name was formed as a political entity in 1744.

William (or Willem) Anne van Keppel was born June 5, 1702 at Whitehall Palace in London; the only son and one of two children of Arnold Joost van Keppel, first earl of Albemarle, and Geertruid Johanna Quirina van der Duyn Keppel, countess of Albemarle. In 1722, he married Anne Lennox (1703 – 1789), daughter of the Duke of Richmond, an illegitimate son of Charles II and namesake of Richmond, Virginia. On November 4, 1737, Keppel was commissioned by King George II as governor of Virginia. Kepple never went to America and instead employed lieutenant governors to administer the government in Williamsburg. The administrative work was done by his deputy, Sir William Gooch (the namesake of Goochland County) until 1749 and Robert Dinwiddie after 1751.

King George II was succeeded by his grandson, George III, who would become America’s last king.

While returning home from a pre-Christmas supper, William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle, died in Paris on December 22, 1754, and was buried in a Church of England chapel in South Audley Street, London. The 2nd earl of Albemarle is the 5x-great grandfather of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

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  1. Rainville, Lynn. "LoCoHistory » Blog Archive » The Earl and the Queen." LoCoHistory. 3 Feb. 2007. Web. 21 July 2010. <http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/02/03/the-earl-and-the-queen/>.

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