Albemarle

Albemarle, ~Arnold van Keppel, Earl of, born in Guelderland, 1669, and created a peer by William III., whom he accompanied to England in 1688. In his influence with the king he was a rival to Portland, and served his master with equal courage and fidelity. He was employed about court in various capacities, and, surviving the king, he showed in the war of the Spanish Succession (1702-12) considerable military ability. He died in 1718.