Keppel was the eldest son of
Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle, and his wife,
Lady Gertrude Egerton. He was educated at
Eton from 1895 to 1899. Lord Bury was commissioned as a
second lieutenant in the
Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery on 28 March 1900, and promoted to a
lieutenant in that regiment on 25 August 1900. This was a Royal Artillery
Militia regiment, and the following year he transferred to the regular army as a second lieutenant in the
Scots Guards from 4 May 1901. He was seconded for staff service at the end of 1904, and appointed
aide-de-camp (ADC) to
Earl Grey,
Governor General of Canada. He was again seconded for staff service in May 1907 and appointed extra ADC to
Sir H. J. Goold-Adams, Lieutenant-Governor
Orange River Colony. ,
Derek Keppel, Viscount Bury Bury was promoted to captain in May 1910 and retired to the Special Reserve in 1912. Bury fought with the Scots Guards during
World War I. He was appointed a
Deputy Lieutenant of
Norfolk in January 1916. He was awarded the
Military Cross in June 1916. He was promoted temporary Major while commanding a Guards
machine gun company and later served as a
Machine Gun Corps instructor. After the war, Bury was a member of the
London County Council in 1919. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative for
Altrincham in 1910. In 1924, he was made
brevet colonel of 108th Field Brigade,
Norfolk and Suffolk Yeomanry. He succeeded his father as Earl of Albemarle in 1942. Albemarle was
Vice-Lieutenant of Norfolk from 1940 to 1944, and a member of
Norfolk County Council in 1943. He died in 1979 and was succeeded as Earl of Albemarle by his grandson
Rufus: his eldest son, Derek Viscount Bury, had died in 1968. ==Family==