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  Lord Elphinstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
In 1885 the fifteenth Lord was created Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Haddington, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which title is still merged with the Lordship.
Lord Keith's daughter Margaret Keith, 2nd Baroness Keith (who had succeeded to the two baronies of Keith held by her father according to special remainders in the letters patent) inherited the Lordship of Nairne in 1837, a title which is now held by the Viscount Mersey.
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 George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (7 January 1746 - 10 March 1823) was a British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars.
Keith followed the enemy to Brest on their retreat, but was unable to bring them to action.
Lord Keith died in 1823 at Tullyallan, near Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife, his property in Scotland, and was buried in the parish church.
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 Elphinstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elphinstone is a village in East Lothian, Scotland.
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the British government of India.
William Elphinstone (1431-1514), a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen
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 George Keith-Elphinstone
KEITH-ELPHINSTONE, GEORGE, (viscount Keith, K. admiral of the Red, andc.) a distinguished modern naval officer, was the fifth son of Charles, tenth lord Elphinstone, by the lady Clementina Fleming, only child of John, sixth earl of Wigton, and niece and heir of line to the last earl Marischal.
For this important service lord Keith received the thanks of both houses of parliament, and on the 5th December, 1801, he was created a baron of the united kingdom, by the title of baron Keith of Barheath, county of Dumbarton.
In 1814, lord Keith had been created a viscount; and, at the conclusion of the war, by the exile of Napoleon in St Helena, he retired to enjoy his well-earned honours in the bosom of his family, and the society of his former friends.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Keith
Keith, James Francis Edward KEITH, JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD [Keith, James Francis Edward] 1696-1758, Scottish field marshal of Prussia; brother of George Keith, 10th earl marischal [marshal] of Scotland.
Keith, George KEITH, GEORGE [Keith, George] c.1638-1716, Scottish preacher.
Johnston, Alexander Keith JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH [Johnston, Alexander Keith] 1804-71, Scottish cartographer and geographer royal of Scotland.
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 Worldroots.com
On 7 January 1746 he was born at Elphinstone Tower, near Stirling, and named after his great-uncle George Keith, last Earl Marischal.
For this he was rewarded by being created Baron Keith of Stonehaven Marischal, in the Irish peerage, with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his daughter Margaret.
In 1812 he was the Commander of the Channel Fleet and conducted the correspondence with Napoleon Bonaparte in regards to his banishment to St. Helena.
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 Toby Keith Tickets
Keith graduated from Moore High School and, in 1979, went to work as a derrick hand in the booming oil fields of Oklahoma.
Keith had promised himself to have a recording contract by the time he was 30
Fifth son of the 10th Lord Elphinstone, he was born in Elphinstone Tower, near Stirling.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
KEITH, GEORGE KEITH ELPHINSTONE, VISCOUNT [Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount] 1746-1823, British admiral.
Not a military tactician, he won no notable battles but was a skilled administrator and commander.
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 Admiral Lord George Keith... (BHC2816) - National Maritime Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He stands in front of a column and in the background to the left a ship denoting his naval career is shown.
Keith was born at Stirling and first served in the Navy during the Seven Years War, though only commissioned in 1770.
Keith took part in the British campaigns that drove Napoleon's French forces out of Egypt and was an often disapproving commander-in-chief over Nelson in the Mediterranean at the time of the latter's Neapolitan involvements, after the Battle of the Nile.
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 MyClan.com : Clan Elphinstone : Clan History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The fourth Lord Elphinstone was appointed in 1599 a judge of the Supreme Court of Scotland and later Lord High Treasurer.
One of his younger brothers, George Keith Elphinstone, was a distinguished naval commander.
William George Keith Elphinstone, the viscount’s nephew, was a colonel at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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 AllRefer.com - Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount, British And Irish History, Biographies
Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount 1746–1823, British admiral.
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 elphinstone2
Families covered: Elphinstone of Balmerino, Elphinstone of Coupar, Elphinstone of Elphinstone, Elphinstone of Quarrell
George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith (b 07.01.1745-6, d 10.03.1823, Admiral)
Giles Elphinstone (dau of William Elphinstone of Selmes)
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 George Lethbridge Saunders on artnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Find works of art, auction results & sale prices of artist George Lethbridge Saunders at galleries and auctions worldwide.
John Fane, Lord Burghersh, wearing white trimmed grey doublet with pearl buttons and slashed sleeves, double white collar, sword belt and fur cloak
Portrait of Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
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 Principal Additions to the Collections 2000-01 - National Library of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Letter, 1820, of Francis Jeffrey to the Revd Francis Lee concerning the latter's review of Edward Dodwell's Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece.
Letters, 1821-24, of James Loch to Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith, his daughter Margaret Mercer, Viscountess Keith, and her husband, the Comte de Flahault, on Keith financial and estate business.
Letter, 1824, of Sir Walter Scott to Sir James Stuart of Allanbank on a new edition of Memorials of the Haliburtons, on Abbotsford ('Conumdrum Castle'), and other cultural and social matters.
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 Find in a Library: The Keith papers. : Selected from the papers of Admiral Viscount Keith
by George Keith Elphinstone Keith, Viscount; Christopher Lloyd; William Gordon Perrin
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 BHC2816 - Admiral Lord George Keith Elphinstone, First Viscount Keith, 1746-1823   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
BHC2816 - Admiral Lord George Keith Elphinstone, First Viscount Keith, 1746-1823
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Sir Charles Rowley, Bt by John Richardson Jackson, after George Sanders
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