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Biography of Violet Keppel 1894-1972

Paternal Family Tree: Keppel

On 1st June 1891 [her father] George Keppel (age 25) and [her mother] Alice Frederica Edmonstone aka Keppel (age 23) were married at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. He the son of [her grandfather] William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle (age 59) and [her grandmother] Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle (age 58).

On 6th June 1894 Violet Keppel was born to George Keppel (age 28) and Alice Frederica Edmonstone aka Keppel (age 26). Her family considered her actual father to be Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 37).

1919. William Bruce Ellis Ranken (age 37). Portrait of Violet Keppel (age 24).

In 1919 Denys Trefusis and Violet Keppel (age 24) were married.

1919 . John Lavery (age 62). Portrait of Violet Keppel (age 24).

. 1926. Jacques-Émile Blanche (age 64). Portrait of Violet Keppel (age 31).

In 1929 [her husband] Denys Trefusis died.

On 1st September 1947 [her mother] Alice Frederica Edmonstone aka Keppel (age 79) died at the Villa dell'Ombrellino, Bellosguardo. She was buried at the English Cemetery, Florence.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 22nd November 1947 [her father] George Keppel (age 82) died.

On 29th February 1972 Violet Keppel (age 77) died.

Royal Ancestors of Violet Keppel 1894-1972

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Violet Keppel 1894-1972

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Miller 4th Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Miller Countess Albermarle

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Thomas Keppel 6th Earl Albermarle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Southwell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Southwell 20th Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Watson 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

GrandFather: William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Father: George Keppel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet

GrandMother: Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Stuart 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stuart 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stuart 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Stuart 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Violet Keppel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald Edmonstone 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Edmonstone 2nd Baronet

GrandFather: William Edmonstone 4th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hotham 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Beaumont Hotham 7th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Gee 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Beaumont Hotham 2nd Baron Hotham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Hotham October 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Alice Frederica Edmonstone aka Keppel 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Mary Elizabeth Parsons