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About Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
Admiral of the White Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ships, including the fourth-rate Maidstone, during the War of the Austrian Succession. He went on to serve as Commodore on the North American Station and then Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station during the Seven Years' War. After that he served as Senior Naval Lord and then Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet.
Everything about Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel →- Occupation
- naval officer, politician
- Position held
- Commander-in-Chief, North American Station, member of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- April 25, 1725
- Died
- October 2, 1786