Marriage and Family
On 2 June 1913, Keiller married Florence Marianne Phil-Morris (1883–1955), the daughter of artist Philip Richard Morris. They moved into Keiller's house in London. After the First World War, they were divorced.
On 29 February 1924, Keiller married Veronica Mildred Liddell (1900–1964). Veronica shared his interest in archaeology, and visited Avebury in Wiltshire with him later that year. Following a separation, Keiller divorced Veronica in 1934.
On 16 November 1938 Keiller was married for a third time; his new wife was Doris Emerson Chapman (b. 1901), an artist. She had joined the Morven Institute of Archaeological Research, founded by Keiller, in 1937.
He later married a fourth time, to Gabrielle Styles. She lived past his death in 1955, and donated the museum and its contents to the nation.
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