[We trust these Queries may be regarded as a sign that Mr. Chappell is
preparing a new edition of his valuable collection of _National English
Airs_.--ED.]
_Duke and Earl of Albemarle._--Albemarle has given a title of duke to the
celebrated General Monk, and that of earl to the family of Keppel. Will
some of your correspondents tell me where {443} there is any place called
Albemarle, which gives rise to these dignities, or why this title was
assumed by these families?