The Earl of Albemarle | |
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Under-Secretary of State for War | |
In office 4 March 1878 – 21 April 1880 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
Preceded by | The Earl Cadogan |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Morley |
In office 26 June 1885 – 28 June 1886 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Preceded by | The Earl of Morley |
Succeeded by | The Lord Sandhurst |
Personal details | |
Born | William Coutts Keppel 15 April 1832 London, England |
Died | 28 August 1894 | (aged 62)
Political party | |
Spouse |
Sophia MacNab (m. 1855) |
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Lieutenant-Colonel William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, KCMG, PC, MP, ADC (15 April 1832 - 28 August 1894), styled Viscount Bury between 1851 and 1891, was a British soldier and politician. He served in the British Army before entering Parliament in 1857. Initially a Liberal, he served as Treasurer of the Household between 1859 and 1866 in the Liberal administrations headed by Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell. He later switched to the Conservatives and held office as Under-Secretary of State for War under Lord Beaconsfield between 1878 and 1880 and under Lord Salisbury between 1885 and 1886.
Lord Albemarle was sixth in direct line of descent from King Charles II, and he was the great-great-grandfather of Queen Camilla.