Frederick Keppel

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Frederick Keppel (19 January 172827 December 1777) was a British clergyman.

The third son of the 2nd Earl of Albemarle and Lady Anne Lennox, he graduated as a Doctor of Divinity. Keppel was Register of the Order of the Garter and Dean of Windsor. From 1762 to 1777, he was Bishop of Exeter.

On 13 September 1758, he married Laura Walpole, sister of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and daughter of Hon. Edward Walpole, a son of the 1st Earl of Orford. They had four children, three daughters and one son.

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Religious titles
Preceded by
George Lavington
Bishop of Exeter
1762–1777
Succeeded by
John Ross
Preceded by
Peniston Booth
Dean of Windsor
1765-1777
Succeeded by
John Harley