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5 days ago · Occupants include: No. 66, Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th bt., 1729–58: his son, Assheton Curzon, latterly 1st Baron and Viscount Curzon, 1758–1820. James Mivart, hotelier, 1820–1. William Frederick Chambers, physician, 1824–32. Maj. George Keppel, later 6th Earl of Albemarle, 1836–42. Edward Stanley, surgeon, 1843–62.
5 days ago · By 1653 Durhams belonged to John Austen, whose grandson, John Austen, M.P. for Middlesex, sold the manor in 1733 to Anne, wife of William Anne van Keppel, earl of Albemarle (d. 1754).
2 days ago · Carew, Earl of Totnes. — Sir George Carew , a distinguished military officer in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and that of her successor James I., was, in 1606, created Lord Carew, of Clopton; and in 1626, Earl of Totnes. He died in 1628, when these titles became extinct.
12 hours ago · General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724—1772), Colonel of the 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons; General George Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (1799—1891) Lieutenant-General Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1702—1754) Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson (1859—1927), GOC Corps
4 days ago · William Drummond was the governor of Albemarle County in the Province of Carolina (1664–1667) and a participant in Bacon's Rebellion (1676–1677).
3 days ago · George Keppel, the Earl of Albemarle, who wrote on his way back to England from India arrived in Karabakh from Persia in 1824, wrote that “Sheesha contains two thousand houses: three parts of the inhabitants are Tartars (i.e. Azerbaijanis), and the remainder Armenians”.
3 days ago · He did have several close male associates, including two Dutch courtiers to whom he granted English titles: Hans Willem Bentinck became Earl of Portland, and Arnold Joost van Keppel was created Earl of Albemarle. These relationships with male friends, and his apparent lack of mistresses, led William's enemies to suggest that he might prefer ...
