Keppel
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People
- Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of AlbemarleArnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of AlbemarleArnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle KG, and lord of De Voorst in Guelders , was the son of Oswald van Keppel and his wife Anna Geertruid van Lintelo...
(1670-1718), the right-hand man of William of Orange - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount KeppelAugustus Keppel, 1st Viscount KeppelAdmiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel PC was an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence...
(1725-1786), a British admiral - William Keppel, 4th Earl of AlbemarleWilliam Keppel, 4th Earl of AlbemarleWilliam Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle GCH, PC , briefly styled Viscount Bury between May and October 1772, was a British Whig politician.-Background:...
(1772-1849), a British aristocrat - Henry KeppelHenry KeppelAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, GCB, OM was a British admiral, son of the 4th Earl of Albemarle and of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord de Clifford.-Naval career:...
(1809-1904), a British admiral - Colin Richard KeppelColin Richard KeppelAdmiral Sir Colin Richard Keppel GCVO, KCIE, CB, DSO was a British sailor and Extra Equerry to four kings.-Background:...
(1862-1947), Henry Keppel's son, also an admiral - Alice KeppelAlice KeppelAlice Frederica Keppel, née Edmonstone was a British socialite and the most famous mistress of Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Her formal style after marriage was The Hon. Mrs George Keppel. Her daughter, Violet Trefusis, was the lover of poet Vita Sackville-West...
(1869-1947), Edward VII's last mistress, and great grandmother to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall - Edwin Keppel BennettEdwin Keppel BennettEdwin Keppel Bennett, noms de plume: Francis Bennett, Francis Keppel , was an English writer, poet, Germanist, and a prominent academic...
(1887-1958), British academic - Keppel "Kep" Enderby, former Australian cabinet minister
- Judith KeppelJudith KeppelJudith Cynthia Aline Keppel was the first one million-pound winner on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom.-Personal life:...
, first million pound winner on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a British television quiz show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million pounds for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty...
' - Robert D. KeppelRobert D. KeppelRobert David Keppel is a retired American law enforcement officer and detective best known for his work investigating serial killers Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway.-Early life:...
, American detective and criminal profiler known for his work with Ted BundyTed BundyTheodore Robert "Ted" Bundy was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women during the 1970s, and possibly earlier...
Places
- Hummelo en KeppelHummelo en KeppelHummelo en Keppel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created in 1818, when the municipalities of Hummelo and Keppel merged, and existed until 2005, when the area became a part of the new municipality of Bronckhorst....
, a town in the Netherlands. - Various places in Singapore named after Henry KeppelHenry KeppelAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, GCB, OM was a British admiral, son of the 4th Earl of Albemarle and of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord de Clifford.-Naval career:...
, including the Keppel Bay Towers and the associated roads Keppel Bay Drive, Keppel Bay View and Keppel Bay Vista; Keppel HarbourKeppel HarbourKeppel Harbour is a stretch of water in Singapore between the mainland and the southern islands of Pulau Brani and Sentosa. Its naturally sheltered and deep waters was to meet the requirements of British colonists attempting to establish a Far East maritime colony in that part of the world, and...
, Keppel Hill and Keppel Road. - Keppel IslandKeppel IslandKeppel Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Saunders Island and Pebble Island, and near Golding Island to the north of West Falkland on Keppel Sound. It has an area of and its highest point, Mt Keppel, is high. There is a wide, flat valley in the centre of the island with...
in the Falkland Islands. - Great Keppel IslandGreat Keppel IslandGreat Keppel Island lies 15 kilometres from the coast off Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia. The island is the largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group, and covers an area of more than 14.5 square kilometres...
in Australia. - Electoral district of KeppelElectoral district of KeppelThe district of Keppel is an electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electoral district encompasses the central Queensland coast from the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the south to Shoalwater Bay to the north...
in Queensland, Australia.
Others
- Keppel Union School DistrictKeppel Union School DistrictThe Keppel Union School District is a school district that serves the far eastern parts of the city of Palmdale, California, USA, and its immediate suburbs including Littlerock, Pearblossom, Sun Village, Llano, and Lake Los Angeles....
, a school district serving eastern Palmdale, California and its suburbs. - Keppel CorporationKeppel CorporationThe Keppel Group of Companies includes Keppel Offshore & Marine, Keppel Integrated Engineering, Keppel Energy, Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation and Keppel Land, among others....
, a Singaporean company - Wilson, Keppel and BettyWilson, Keppel and BettyWilson, Keppel and Betty were a popular British music hall act in the middle decades of the 20th century who capitalised on the trend for Egyptian imagery following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Their stage act, called the "sand dance", was a parody of Egyptian postures, combined with...
, a British music hall act.