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The Honourable George Keppel MVO (14 October 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a British army officer and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII. Keppel was a descendant of King Charles II, [citation needed] and was also the great-grandfather of Queen Camilla .
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Lieutenant-Colonel George Keppel, MVO (14 October 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a British soldier and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII.
Keppel was the third son of William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, and his wife, Sophia Mary, (d. 5 April 1917), daughter of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, speaker of the Canadian parliament. He graduated from the Royal Military College in 1885 and soon after joined the Gordon Highlanders. He resigned his commission in 1892, but joined the Norfolk Artillery in 1894. He was promoted to captain in 1908 and was appointed MVO a year later after being attached to the king during the latter's visit to Norwich that year.
On 1 June 1891, Keppel married Alice Frederica Edmonstone, the youngest daughter of Mary Elizabeth, née Parsons (1823–1902) and Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet (1810–1888). Together they had two daughters; Violet (1894–1972) and Sonia (1900–1986). In 1898, Keppel's wife became a mistress to Edward, Prince of Wales, as he then was. Her relationship with Edward lasted through his ascension to the throne in 1901 and until his death in 1910. Keppel knew of the affair and would leave their house on Portman Square when Edward visited his wife.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Keppel, MVO (14 October 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a British soldier and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII. He was known to love young men.
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George Keppel MVO (14 October 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a British army officer and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress and confidante of King Edward VII. Keppel was a descendant of King Charles II, and was also the great grandfather of Camilla, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
George Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (1799–1891), British general, MP for East Norfolk and Lymington. George Keppel (British Army officer, born 1865) (1865–1947), British soldier and husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII.
Keppel, Alice (1869–1947)English aristocrat and influential mistress of King Edward VII. Name variations: Alice Edmonstone; Mrs. George Keppel. Born Alice Frederica Edmonstone in 1869 in Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on September 11, 1947, in Florence, Italy; youngest daughter of Admiral William Edmonstone and Mary (Parsons) Edmonstone (d.
