Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle

British designer (born 1965)

The Right Honourable The Earl of Albemarle

Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 14 July 1979 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 9th Earl of Albemarle
Succeeded by	Seat abolished ^[a]

Personal details
Born	Rufus Arnold Alexis Keppel (1965-07-16) 16 July 1965 (age 58)
Nationality	British
Spouse	Sally Tadayom (m. 2001, divorced)
Children	1
Education	St Christopher School, Letchworth Chelsea School of Art
Alma mater	Central St Martins School of Art & Design
Occupation	British designer

Rufus Arnold Alexis Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle (born 16 July 1965), known as Viscount Bury from 1968 to 1979, is a British designer.

Early life and education

Albemarle is the son of Derek Keppel, Viscount Bury (1911–1968), and his second wife, the former Marina Davidoff, a daughter of Count Serge Orloff-Davidoff.^[1] Since his father predeceased his grandfather, the 9th Earl of Albemarle, Keppel succeeded to the earldom at the age of fourteen on the death of his paternal grandfather in 1979. He is known professionally as Rufus Albemarle.

Keppel's early life was spent living with his parents successively in England and Italy. He was educated at St Christopher School, Letchworth, in Hertfordshire, and Chelsea School of Art in London, as well as Central St Martins School of Art & Design. He worked as an industrial designer in Milan and a graphic and branding designer in New York, where he later founded a men's-shirt company Albemarle of London.^[2] He is now residing in the United Kingdom.

Marriage and child

Albemarle married Sally Claire Tadayon, a sculptor of Danish and Persian ancestry, in 2001 in Havana, Cuba. Tom Ford of Yves St Laurent designed the bride's gown and the wedding was featured in Town & Country^[3] and Vanity Fair.^[4]

Now divorced, they have one child, who is heir apparent to the earldom:

Augustus Sergei Darius Keppel, Viscount Bury, born in 2003.

Lord Great Chamberlain

Through his grandmother, Albemarle has a one-twentieth share in the succession for the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State in England and Wales.

Notes

^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

^ Rufus Albemarle New York Social Diary Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Albemarle of London".
^ Gunlocke, Gretchen: "Sally Albemarle," Town & Country, March 2005.
^ Larocca, Amy (8 April 2002). "Home Design 2002: Posh Spice". New York magazine.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Albemarle
Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle

Peerage of England
Preceded by Walter Keppel	Earl of Albemarle 1979–present Member of the House of Lords (1979–1999)	Incumbent Heir: Augustus Keppel, Viscount Bury

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