George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
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George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
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| Born | 8 April 1724 |
| Died | 13 October 1772 (aged 48) |
| Occupation | 3rd Earl of Albemarle |
General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle KG PC (London, 8 April 1724 – 13 October 1772), styled Viscount Bury until 1754, was a British soldier and nobleman. He is best known for his capture of Havana in 1762 during the Seven Years' War.
He came from a wealthy and powerful Dutch family from Gueldres close to the Princes of Orange that had moved to England in the seventeenth century. His father was Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle. Through his mother, Lady Anne Lennox, he was a great-grandson of King Charles II of England. He started his military career in the Netherlands fighting against the French and in 1745 participated in the Battle of Fontenoy as an aide to Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.
The European-American conflict known as the Seven years war brought his course to participate in July 1762, with two of his cadet brothers, Augustus Keppel and William Keppel, in the attempts by the British Crown to conquest, through a naval expedition headed by Sir George Pocock, (1706–1792), promoted to Admiral in 1761, the Caribbean Island of Cuba, i.e. the invasion and occupation of Havana and west Cuba:
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