Diana Cicely (Grove) Keppei DBE (1909 - 2009)

Born 6 Aug 1909 in Kensington, London, England

Wife of Walter Egerton George Lucien Keppel — married 24 Feb 1931 in Scots Church, St. Columba, Pont Street, Chelsea, London, England.

Descendants

Diana (Grove) Keppei DBE is Notable.

Biography

Diana Cicely Grove (1909-2009) was the daughter of Major John Archibald 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 at Scots Church, St. Columba, Pont Street, Chelsea, London, England.

She was chairman of the Albemarle Report on Youth and Development in the Community in 1960.[1] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1956. 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)

She died on 22 August 2009 at age 100.

Sources

• The Peerage.com (F, #16482)
• freeBMD Births Sep Q 1909 Kensington 1a 152a GROVE Diana Cicely
  
  
• freeBMD Marriages Mar Q 1931 Chelsea 1a 663 GROVE Diana C + KEPPEL Walter G E L