Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle

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Dame Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle, DBE (b. 6 August 1909), the daughter of Major John Archibald Grove and his wife, Mrs. Cicely Grove.

She married Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, son of Lt.-Col. Arnold Allen Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle and Lady Gertrude Lucia Egerton, on 24 February 1931 in the Church of Scotland church, St Columba's, Pont Street, Chelsea, London.

Born as Diana Cicely Grove, she was educated at the Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne, Dorset. As a result of her marriage, Diana Cicely Grove was styled as the Countess of Albemarle on 12 April 1942.

She was Chairman of the Albemarle Report on Youth and Development in the Community in 1948. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1956.

She received honorary degrees from the University of Reading (1959, Doctor of Literature {DLitt}), the University of London (1960, Doctor of Law {LLD}) and the University of Oxford (1960, Doctor of Civil Laws {DCL}).

As of 1999, she was living in Seymours, Melton, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

[edit] Career

  • Norfolk County Organiser WVS 1939-44
  • Chairman Nat Fed of WI’s 1946-51
  • Chairman, Development Commission 1948-74
  • Chairman, Dept. Committee on Youth Service 1958-60
  • Chairman, Nat Youth Employment Council 1962-68
  • Vice-Chair British Council 1959-74
  • Member, Arts Council 1951
  • Member, Royal Commission on Civil Service 1954
  • Member, UGG 1956-78, Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries 1958-71
  • English Local Government Boundary Commission 1971-77
  • Life Trustee Carnegie, UK Trust (Chairman, 1977-82)
  • Glyndebourne Arts Trust 1968-80

[edit] Family

  • Husband: Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle (b. 28 February 1882 – d. 14 July 1979)
  • Daughter: Lady Anne-Louise Mary Keppel (b. 17 March 1932).

[edit] References

  • Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 18.
  • Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, p. 65.
  • Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, p. 49.