General; Sir William Keppel PC GCB
The name William Keppel is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Pere Lachaise (Pt2) cemetery, Paris, Paris, France.
There are 76 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
William Keppel was buried in 1834. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
William Keppel age is given as 82.
William Keppel calculated year of birth is 1752.
William Keppel is listed on the GPR grave numbered 329708.
William Keppel is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
William Keppel has the record number 702714 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 18 August 2013
There is one image available for the monument listing William Keppel (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against William Keppel record:
Keppel joined the British army in the 1770s; and was colonel of the 3rd West India regt from 1795-1806. He was promoted to Lt.General in 1803; and was Governor of Martinique from 1796-1802. From 1806-1811 he was colonel of the King's Royal Rifle Corps; and from 1811-1828 he was colonel of the 67th Regt of Foot. In 1815 he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; and in 1827 he was appointed to the Privy Council and also as the last Governor of Guernsey. From 1828-1834 he was colonel of the 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber and Equerry to king George IV.