The death of Alastair Hyde Villiers, former husband of Lady Elizabeth
Mairi Keppel, later wife (div) of Lord Sudeley, half-sister of the
present Earl of Albemarle, has been questioned by his son Charles
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_page_id=1772&in_article_id=528150&in_author_id=230
http://www.thepeerage.com/p2082.htm#i20820 (Charles Alastair Hyde
Villiers, b 1963)
http://www.william1.co.uk/w4b.html (descent of said Elizabeth and her
children from the Earls of Albemarle)
http://www.thepeerage.com/p1648.htm#i16479 (ancestry of Alastair Hyde
Villiers, descended from a natural son of a brother of the 4th Earl of
Clarendon - obviously never in succession to the earldom).
From the Conqueror site
# E1. Derek William Charles Keppel, Viscount Bury, * 1911, + 1968, Md.
1) 1940 (div. 1958), Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, *
1921, d. of Charles Tewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of
Londonderry, K.G., M.V.O.
* F1. Elizabeth Mairi Keppel, Lady, * 1941, Md.1) 1962 (div.
1976), Alastair Michael Hyde Villiers, * 1939 (+ 2005 in a fall off
his roof)
o G1. Charles Alastair Hyde Villiers, * 1963, Md. 1994, Emma
Mary Jane Goodall.
+ H1. Clarissa Elizabeth Mairi Villiers, * 1995.
o G2. Charlotte Mairi Villiers, * 1965, Md. 1995, Rupert
Edinmore Gather.
+ H1. Felix Edinmore Gather, * 1997.
* Md.2) 1980 (div. 1988), Merlin Charles Sainthill Hanbury-Tracy,
7th Baron Sudeley, * 1939. [no issue]
* F2. Rose Deirdre Margaret Keppel, Lady, * 1943, Md. 1975, Peter
Lathrop Lauritzen, s. of George F. Lauritzen.
o G1. Frederick Alexander Mark Lauritzen, * 1977.
# Md.2) 1964, Marina Davidoff, d. of Count Serge Orloff Davidoff.
* F3. Rufus Arnold Alexis Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle, * 1965.
[married to Sally Tadayon or Tadion as her second husband; they have a
son Augustus, Viscount Bury, and live in New York City where they are
socially prominent]
Charles's mother's first cousin is Judith Keppel, the contest winner.
Both are related to Camilla.
7th Earl of Albemarle (1832-1894) became a Roman Catholic 1879; md
1855 Sophia Mary McNab; issue
8th Earl of Albemarle (1858-1942) md Lady Gertrude Egerton, dau of 1st
and last Earl Egerton of Tatton
9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979) md 1stly Lady Judith Wynn-Carrington
(1889-1928); md 2ndly 1931 Diana Cicely Grove, by whom grandfather of
(among others) William Dalrymple, writer.
Derek Viscount Bury (1911-1968) md 1stly 1940 (div 1958) Lady Mairi
Vane-Tempest-Stewart (b. 1921), yst dau of 7th Marquess of Londonderry
and his wife Edith Chaplin aka Circe Londonderry, hostess of Ramsay
Macdonald; 2 daus
Lady Elizabeth Mairi Keppel (b 1941) md 1962 (div 1976) Alastair Hyde
Villiers; md 2ndly 1980 (div 1988) 7th Baron Sudeley; sp; she is a
third cousin of Camilla Parker Bowles (b. 1946)
Charles Hyde Villiers (b. 1963)
9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979) md 1stly Lady Judith Wynn-Carrington
(1889-1928)
[2nd son] Lt-Commander Walter Arnold Crispian Keppel, RN (1914-1986)
md 1941 Aline Lucy Harington (d recently)
Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel, * 1942 md 2ndly 1986 Neil Shand (any
relation of Bruce Shand, below?)
7th Earl of Albemarle became a Roman Catholic 1879; md 1855 Sophia
Mary McNab; issue
Lt.-Col. Hon. George Keppel (1865-1947) md Alice Frederica Edmonstone
Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900-1986) md 1920 (div 1947) Roland Cubitt,
3rd Baron Ashcombe
Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt (1921-1994) md 1946 Major Bruce Middleton
Hope Shand
Camilla Rosemary Shand (b. 17 Jul 1947) md 1stly 1973 (div 1995)
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles, 1 son and 1 daughter; md 2ndly
2005 Charles, Prince of Wales, no issue.