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About Henry Sheehy Keating
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating, KCB was a British Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He served in the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811, when Keating commanded the troops stationed on Rodrigues, a small island used as a base by British forces during the campaign. Keating was instrumental in planning and executing a series of amphibious operations against French colonies in the Indian Ocean, culminating in the capture of both Isle Bonaparte and Isle de France in 1810.
Everything about Henry Sheehy Keating →- Occupation
- colonial administrator, military personnel
- Position held
- Governor of Réunion, Governor of Réunion
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- November 13, 1775
- Died
- September 12, 1847