Dame Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (born 6 August 1909) 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 at St Columba's Church, London.

Contents 1 Background 2 Honours 3 Career 4 Family 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Background

Born as Diana Cicely Grove, the daughter of Major John Archibald Grove and his wife, Cicely,^{[citation needed]} 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.

[edit] Honours

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 in 1956.^{[citation needed]}

She received honorary degrees from the University of Reading (1959, D.Litt), the University of London (1960, LLD) and the University of Oxford (1960, DCL).^{[citation needed]}

As of 1999, she was living at Seymours, Melton, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. She has been the Dowager Countess of Albemarle since 1979, when her husband was succeeded as Earl.

[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
• Member, 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

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[edit] External links

• The Peerage.com
• 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.