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See also:ARNOLD JOOST See also:VAN See also:KEPPEL , 1st See also:earl of See also:Albemarle, and See also:lord of Voorst in See also:Gelderland (c. 1670-1718), son of See also:Oswald van Keppel and his wife See also:Anna Geertruid van Lintello, was See also:born in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland about 167o. He became See also:page to See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III., accompanied him to See also:England in 1688, and was made See also:groom of the See also:bed-chamber and See also:master of the See also:robes in 1695. On the loth of See also:February, .1696/7 he was created earl of Albemarle, See also:Viscount See also:Bury and See also:Baron See also:Ashford. In 1700 William gave him lands of enormous extent in See also:Ireland, but See also:parliament obliged the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king to See also:cancel this See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant, and William then bestowed on him £50,000. The same See also:year he was made a See also:knight of the Garter. Meanwhile he had served both with the See also:English and Dutch troops, was See also:major-See also:general in 1697, See also:colonel of several regiments and See also:governor of Bois-le-Duc. Of handsome See also:person and engaging disposition,: he rivalled See also:Portland, whose See also:jealousy he aroused in the royal favour, possessed William's full confidence and - accompanied him everywhere. In February 1702 he was sent by William, then prostrated with his last -illness, to Holland to arrange the, coming See also:campaign, and only returned in See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to receive William's last commissions on. his deathbed, After the See also:death of the latter,: who bequeathed to him 200,000 guilders and some landp, he
returned to Holland, took his seat as a See also:noble in the states-general, and was made a general of See also:horse in the Dutch See also:army. He joined the forces of the See also:allies in 1703, was See also:present at See also:Ramillies in 1706 and at Oudenarde in. 1708, and distinguished himself at the See also:siege of See also:Lille. He commanded at the siege of See also:Aire in 1710, led See also:Marlborough's second See also:line in 1711, and was general of the Dutch forces in 1712, being defeated at See also:Denain after the withdrawal of ! See also:Ormonde and the English forces and taken prisoner. He died on the 3oth of May 1718, aged 48. He married Geertruid, daughter of See also:Adam van der Denijn, by whom, besides a daughter,
he had a son, William See also:Anne, who succeeded him as 2nd earl of Albemarle.
Of the later earls mention need only be made of the See also:sixth, See also:GEORGE See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS KEPPEL (1799–1891), See also:British general, second son of the See also:fourth earl, born on the 13th of See also:June 1799. Educated at See also:Westminster School he entered the army as See also:ensign, 14th See also:Foot, in 1815. He joined his See also:regiment in See also:Belgium and took See also:part in the See also:Waterloo campaign and the See also:march to See also:Paris, joined the second See also:battalion in See also:Corfu, and was transferred to the 22nd Peet, with which he served in See also:Mauritius and at the Cape, returning See also:home in 1819, when he was appointed See also:equerry to the See also:duke of See also:Sussex. Promoted to a lieutenancy hi the 24th Foot, he was transferred to the loth Foot, and went to See also:India, where he was aide-de-See also:camp to the See also:marquess of See also:Hastings until his resignation in 1823, when Keppel returned to England, travelling overland through See also:Persia, See also:Moscow and StPetersburg. He published in 1825 an See also:account of his travels, entitled See also:Journey from 'India to England. He was aide-de-camp to the Marquess See also:Wellesley, lord-See also:lieutenant of Ireland, for two years, was promoted See also:captain in the 62nd Foot, studied in the See also:senior See also:department of the Royal Military See also:College at See also:Sandhurst, and in 1827 obtained a See also:half-pay unattached See also:majority. He did not again serve on full pay, but See also:rose to be a general. In 1829 he visited the seat of the Russo-See also:Turkish See also:war and was with the British See also:fleet in Turkish See also:waters. In 1832 he was returned in the Whig See also:interest to the first reformed parliament as member for See also:East See also:Norfolk and sat until 1835. He was private secretary to the premier, Lord See also:John See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell, in 1846, and M.P. for See also:Lymington from' 1847 to 1849. He succeeded to the See also:title on the death of his See also:brother in 1851. He died in 1891 and was buried at Quidenham, Norfolk. He wrote an account of a Journey across the Balkans,
See also:Memoirs of the See also:Marquis of See also:Rockingham, and See also:- ANT
- ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u
ant autobigraphy entitled Fifty Years of My See also:Life.
See G. E. C(ockayne), See also:Complete See also:Peerage, 8 vols. (See also:London, 1887). For the two See also:Williams de Fortibus, see s.v. Prof. T. F. Tout's articles in the See also:Diet. of Nat. Biog.
End of Article: ARNOLD JOOST VAN KEPPEL
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