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THE KNIGHTAGE. 723 KERB, Gen. Sie Maek Ralph George, k.c.b. (1881), commonly called Gen. Lord Mark Kerr (M. Lothian). KETTLE, Sib Rupert Alfred, of Merridale, Staff. J.P. D.L. and of Glan-y-don, Merioneth, knighted 1 Dec. 1880, assist.-chairman quarter ses- sions Staff. J.P. cos. Worcester, Hereford, and Merioneth, judge of county courts. Wore, since t 1859 (son of ); b. 7 Jan. 1817; m. 18 Dec. ! 1851, Mary, only dau. and sole heir of late William Cooke, Esq. of Merridale, Staff, and has with other issue a son and 2 daus. (1) Rupert Edward, b. 26 Dec. 1854. (2) Mary Cooke, m. 10 Jan. 1881. to Thomas Allen, M.A. eldest sou of Thomas Allen, Esq. of Thurmaston, co. Leicester. (3) Anne Catherine, m. 30 July, 1878, to Rev. Charles John Wiuser. chaplain of High Leigh, Cheshire, M.A. Pembroke Coll. Oxon. 1870. Merridale, Wolverhampton ; Glan-y-don, Towyn, Merioneth. KEY, Adm. Sir Astley Cooper, k.c.b. 1873, hon. D.C.L. Oxon. 1880, one of the lords of the admiralty 1879, com.-in-chief North American and West Indian station 1875/9, principal naval A.D.C. to the Queen 1879, com." Amphion" in Baltic, served in Chinese war 1857, when he secured with his own hand Commissioner Yeh, director-gen. naval ordnance 1866/9. adm. superintendent Portsmouth dockyard 1869/70, Malta dockyard 1870/2, president E.N. college Greenwich 1872/5 (.son of Charles A,ston Key, surgeon in ordinary to H.R.H. Prince Consort); b. 1821; m. April, 1856, Charlotte La vinia, dau. of Edmund McNeill, of Cushendun, co. Antrim; she d. 1874, having had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Aston McNeUl Cooper, b. Jan. 1861. (2) Edmund McNeill, b. Oct. 1862. (3) Rose, m. 1 Oct. 1878, to Lieut. Philip Augustus de Crespigny, R.N. (BAKT.) (4) Maud. Adm. Key m. 2ndly— 16 Oct. 1877. Evelyn, dau. of S. Vincenzo BartoUucci (E. Zetland), and has had a son and dau. (5) Clement, b. 24 July, 1878; d. 1 Sept. 1879. (6) Muriel Evelyn, b. 9 June, 1880. 13, New Street, Spring Gardens, s.W. KEYES, Major-Gen. Sir Charles Patton, K.C.B. 1880, Madras S.C. on divisional staff of army, Madras presidency, 1881, brig.-gen. com. Punjab frontier force in Afghan war 1879/80, com. 1st Punjab inf. in Kohat Pass 1850, &c. and repeatedly employed in field service dovm to 1 869, severely wounded in Umbeyla campaign 1863. com. Jowaki Afridi expedition 1877/80 (son of Thomas Keyes, surgeon Madras army) ; b. 25 Nov. 1822 ; m. 8 Dec. 1870, Katherine Jessie, dau. of James Norman, Esq. and has a dau. b. 8 Oct. 1880. KING, Adm. Sir George St. Vincent, k.c.b. 1873, son of Adm. Sir Richard King, g.c.b. Bart. (See that title.) I, HalMn Street "West, S.W. KIRK, Sir John, m.d. k.c.m.g. 1881, c.m.g. (1879), agent and consul-gen. at Zanzibar since 1880, vice-consul 1866, assistant political agent 1873, &c. assistant physician Russian war (son of Rev. John Kirk by Christian Carnegie) ; b. 9 May, 1832 ; m. 5 Sept. 1867, Helen Cooke. Zanzibar. Hart. K NOLLYS, Gen. Right Hon. Sir William Thomas, k.c.b. 1867, p.c. d.c.l. ll.d. served in Peninsula, groom of the stole to h.e.h. Prince of Wales, retd. list 1877, col. 62nd regt. since 1858, gentleman usher of the black rod since 1877, receiver-gen. duchy of Cornwall since 1878 (son of Gen. William Knollys, who unsuccessfully claimed the Earldom of Banbury 1808/13); b. 1797; m. 29 Sept. 1830, Elizabeth, sister of Sir Edward St. Aubyn, Bart. ; she d. 28 Jan. 1878, having had with other issue 4 sons and a dau. (1) William Wallingford, brevet lieut.-col. 93rd highlanders- b 13 Nov. 1833; m. 1860. Sophia Elizabeth Tuckfield, dau. of late Thomas Goldsworthy, Esq. and has with other issue a son, William Wallingford, 2nd Ueut. R. London inf. mil.; b. 1862. ' (2) FrederickRobert, of Buckfield House, Bucks.; b. ; m. 5/8 Sept. 1875, Rosalinda Eleanor, dau. of Hon. James Butler, of Lamberton Park, Queen's co. (B. Dxjnboyne.) (3) Henry, capt. R.A. (3rd son); b. 20 June, 1840; m. 8 Aug. 1876, Louisa Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of late Rev. Edward Eyre rector of Larling, Norfolk. (4) Francis, C.B., private secretary to H.R.H. Prince of Wales. (5) Mirabel Jane, m. 7 Dec. 1881, to Capt. Charles Francis Baring Grey, R.H.A. (BART.) House of Lords, s.w. KNOX, Sir Thomas George, k.c.m.g. 1880, agent and consul-gen. at Bangkok 1875/9, great-grandson of Thomas, 1st Viscount Northland, married and has issue (See Peerage — E. Ran- FURLY.) KUPER, Adm. Sir Augustus Leopold, g.c.b. 1869, served in China war 1840/1, com.-in- chief on East India and China station 1862/5,k.l.h. K.w. of the Netherlands (son of Rev. William Kuper, D.D. K.H. chaplain to Queen Adelaide) ; b. 16 Aug. 1809; m. 19 June, 1837, Emma Margaret, eldest dau. of late Adm. Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. K.C.H.; she d. 19 July, 1877. South Brent, Ashburton, Devon. LACAITA, Sir James Philip, k.c.m.g. 1861, Neapolitan barrister 1836, naturalized 1855, sec. to mission to Ionian Islands 1858/9, member Italian parliament 1861/5, K.R. of Brazil (son of late Diego Lacaita); b. 1813; m. 15 June, 1852, Maria Clavering, eldest dau. of late Sir Thomas Gibson- Carmichael, Bart.; she d. 20 April, 1853, leaving a son, (1) Charles Carmichael, bar.-at-law L.I. 1879; b. 5 April, 1853. 27, Duke Street, St. James's, S.W. LAFFAN, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Michael, r.e. k.c.m.g. 1877, gov. Bermuda since 1877, m.p. St. Ives 1852/6, served at Cape 1841/3, Mauri- tius 1843/7, Belfast 1847, inspector of railways 1847/52, comd. r.e. London district 1853/5, Malta 1860/6, Aldershot 1866/71, Gibraltar 1872/7, deputy inspector-gen. fortifications at War Office 18.55/60 (son of John Laffan, of Limerick); b. 14 Aug. 1819; m. 29 April, 1852, Emma, eldest surviving dau. of William Nosworthy, Esq. of London, and has with other issue a dau. (1) Emma Marian Lucy (eldest dau.). m. 12 May, 1881, to Frederick Carpenter, capt. 88th regt. (Connaught rangers). Hamilton, Bermuda. ZB