Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, (28 February 1882 – 14 July 1979) was a British nobleman and soldier, styled Viscount Bury from 1894 to 1942.

Life

Keppel was the eldest son of

Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle Arnold Allan Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle, (1 June 1858 – 12 April 1942), styled Viscount Bury from 1891 to 1894, was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician. Life and political career Lord Albemarle was the eldest s ...

, and his wife, Lady Gertrude Egerton. He was educated at Eton from 1895 to 1899. Lord Bury was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery on 28 March 1900, and promoted to a

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in that regiment on 25 August 1900. This was a Royal Artillery

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regiment, and the following year he transferred to the regular army as a second lieutenant in the

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from 4 May 1901. He was seconded for staff service at the end of 1904, and appointed aide-de-camp (ADC) to

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. He was again seconded for staff service in May 1907 and appointed extra ADC to Sir H. J. Goold-Adams, Lieutenant-Governor

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Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, George Keppel and Alice Keppel

Bury was promoted to captain in May 1910 and retired to the Special Reserve in 1912. Bury fought with the Scots Guards during

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. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of

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in January 1916. He was awarded the

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in June 1916. He was promoted temporary Major while commanding a Guards

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company and later served as a

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instructor. After the war, Bury was a member of the

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in 1919. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative for

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in 1910. In 1924, he was made brevet colonel of 108th Field Brigade,

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. He succeeded his father as Earl of Albemarle in 1942. Albemarle was Vice-Lieutenant of Norfolk from 1940 to 1944, and a member of

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in 1943. He died in 1979 and was succeeded as Earl of Albemarle by his grandson

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: his eldest son, Derek Viscount Bury, had died in 1968.

Family

Lord Bury married, at

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on 9 June 1909, Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carrington, daughter of Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire. They had five children before her death in 1928: * Lady Cecilia Elizabeth Keppel (12 April 1910 – 16 June 2003), married Lt-Col. David McKenna, son of banker and politician

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, and has issue * Derek Keppel, Viscount Bury (18 December 1911 – 8 November 1968), married 1st Lady Mairi Vane-Tempest-Stewart (issue, two daughters) and second Marina Orloff-Davidoff (1937–2020), and had an only son, Rufus Arnold Alexis Keppel (born 16 July 1965), who succeeded his grandfather on 14 July 1979 as 10th Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Bury, and Baron Ashford. * Lt-Cdr. Hon. Walter Arnold Crispin Keppel (6 December 1914 – 1986), father of

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, the first person to win one million pounds on the UK version of ''

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''. * Lady Cynthia Rosalie Keppel (25 June 1918 – 12 November 2017), married Professor Sir Michael Postan (d. 1981) and has issue * Hon. Richard Edward Harry Keppel (3 November 1924 – 2 March 1953) He married Diana Grove (1909–2013) on 24 February 1931 at Scots Church,

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. They had one daughter: *Lady Anne-Louise Mary Keppel (17 March 1932 – 7 January 2017), married Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet. She was a Patroness of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Albemarle, Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of 1882 births 1979 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk Walter Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle Members of Norfolk County Council Recipients of the Military Cross People educated at Eton College Scots Guards officers Members of London County Council British Army personnel of World War I Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates