Frederick Keppel (19 January 1728 – 27 December 1777[1]) was a Church of England clergyman, Bishop of Exeter.

Keppel was the fifth and fourth surviving son of Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and his wife Lady Anne Lennox, daughter of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, illegitimate son of King Charles II.

[2] He entered Westminster School in 1743, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 26 June 1747, graduating B.A.

[3] He was consecrated as Bishop of Exeter in 1762[4] and became Dean of Windsor as well as consequently Register of the Order of the Garter three years later, holding all three posts until his death in 1777.

[citation needed] His daughter Laura was wife of George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton.