General The Rt Hon Sir William Keppel GCB

1828-1834

Sir William Keppel was appointed an Ensign in the 25^th Foot on 23^rd January 1775 and was promoted to Lieutenant in the 60^th Foot on 4^th March 1777. His later regimental appointments were varied, but progressing by way of the 23^rd Foot 1778, the 15^th Foot 1778, 82^nd Foot 1782 and 93^rd Foot 1783 he was a Brevet Colonel by 1794 and became Colonel, 3^rd West India Regiment in 1795. He was promoted Lieutenant General in 1803. After appointments as Colonel Commandant of the 60^th Foot in 1806 and Colonel of the 67^th Foot 1811, he became Colonel of the 2^nd, or Queen’s in 1828. He served in the American Revolutionary War 1775-78 and in the West Indies.

Sir William Keppel was for many years Groom of the Bedchamber and Equerry to His Majesty, King George IV, who bestowed on him the appointment of Governor of Guernsey, when it became vacant by the death of the Earl of Pembroke, in 1827. While holding this appointment he died in Paris on 11^th December 1834.

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