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Authorised form of nameElphinstone; George Keith (1746 - 1823); Viscount Keith
Dates1746 - 1823
NationalityBritish
Place of birthElphinstone Tower, near Stirling, Scotland
Date of birth07 January 1746
Place of deathTulliallan, on the north bank of the Forth, Fife
Date of death10 March 1823
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Tulliallan parish church, Fife
ActivityCareer:
Entered Royal Navy (1758); Dutch fleet surrended to him at Saldanah Bay (1796); as Commissioner in Chief quelled Mutiny of the Nose; Commissioner in Chief, Mediterranean (1799-1802); Admiral of the Blue (1801); Admiral of the White (1805); Admiral of the Red (1810); conducted correspondance with Napoleon regarding his exile to St Helena
Honours:
Baron Keith 1797; Viscount 1814
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/06/1790
RelationshipsSon of Charles 10th Lord Elphinstone, and his second wife Mary, daughter of William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA1777
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1790/10Elphinstone, George Keith, Viscount Keith: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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