Lady Caroline Keppel (1737–1769) • FamilySearch

Lady Caroline Keppel

Brief Life History of Caroline

When Lady Caroline Keppel was born on 20 August 1737, in Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, Willem Anne van Keppel 2nd Earl of Albemarle, was 35 and her mother, Lady Anne Lennox Countess of Albemarle, was 34. She married Robert Adair in 1759, in England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died in 1769, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

Robert Adair
1711–1790
Lady Caroline Keppel
1737–1769
Marriage: 1759
Diana Adair
1760–1851
Sir Robert Adair
1763–1855
Caroline Adair
1765–1765
Emily Adair
1766–1767
Elizabeth Adair
1769–1841

Sources (10)

  • Caroline Keppel, Lady in entry for Dowager Viscountess Barrington, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
  • Carolin Keppel, Lady in entry for Barrington, Dowager Viscountess, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
  • Caroline in entry for Caroline Adair, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

Name Meaning

German: variant of Käppel (see Kappel ).

Dutch (also Van Keppel): habitational name for someone from Hoog- and Laag-Keppel in Gelderland.

Altered form of German Köppel (see Koppel ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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