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  Roger Keyes
Keyes was born on October 4, 1872, at Tundiani Fort on the North West Frontier Province of India, where his father commanded the; Punjab Frontier force, and had achieved a reputation as an heroic figure.
Keyes was part of two parliamentary deputations which called on the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain, in the autumn of 1936 to remonstrate with them about the slow pace of British rearmament in the face of the growing threat from Nazi Germany.
Roger Keyes and his wife were happily married and had five children, three daughters and two sons, as well as a number of grandchildren.
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Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872 – 1945) was a noted British admiral and hero,...
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1750 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Na...
John Bell Hood (June 1, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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 Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roger Keyes joined the training establishment, HMS Britannia, in the autumn of 1884, at the age of 12.
Keyes had an office in the Admiralty, headquarters at Portsmouth and flotillas of submarines at Devonport, Harwich and Dundee.
Keyes reached an independent conclusion that the regaining of Trondheim was the key to victory in Norway.
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 Dr Keyes -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Keyes, Oklahoma Baron Keyes is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Keyes is notable for his unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Presidency in 1996 and 2000, and for the U.S. Senate in 1988, 1992, and 2004.
Born in a naval hospital on Long Island in New York City, Keyes was the fifth child to Allison and Gerthina Keyes, a U.S. Army sergeant and a teacher.
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 History
From then down to the last period of his life Admiral Keyes sought glory in the face of danger and his intense impulse for action was always armed with the highest degree of naval skill and technical efficiency......." (such was Churchill's tribute).
John Risley was Rector of Tingewick for almost sixty years from 1759 until 1818 A..D. When he had been in Tingewick seven years, there happened an incident which resulted in him being tried for murder.
John Risley, Rector of Tingewick, was tried for murder but was honourable acquitted and commended for having done his duty.
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 AllRefer Encyclopedia - British And Irish History, Biographies Encyclopedia
• Berkeley, John, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
• Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill and 1st earl of Orrery
• Pauncefote of Preston, Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron
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 thePeerage.com - Index to the Royal Household
Sheffield, John, 1st Duke of the County of Buckingham and of Normanby (1673-1682) 
Sheffield, John, 1st Duke of the County of Buckingham and of Normanby (1685-1685) 
Egerton, Scroop, 1st Duke of Bridgwater (1719-1727), to the King 
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Keble, John (1792-1866) Anglican clergyman and poet, born in Fairford, Gloucestershire...
Keyes (of Zeebrugge and of Dover), Roger John Brownlow Keyes, Baron (1872-1945) British admiral, born in Tundiani Fort, India.
Keynes (of Tilton), John Maynard Keynes, Baron (1883-1946) Economist, the founder of macroeconomics...
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 CWGC :: Casualty Details
Son of Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M:G., D.S.O., A.D.C., 1st Baron Keyes, and of Lady Keyes (nee Bowlby), of Buckingham.
Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes deliberately selected the command of the party detailed to attack the residence and Headquarters of the General Officer commanding the German Forces in North Africa.
By his fearless disregard of the dangers which he ran and of which he was fully aware, and by his magnificent leadership and outstanding gallantry Lieutenant Colonel Keyes set an example of supreme self-sacrifice and devotion to duty.
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 Roger I: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Robert's death (1085) left Roger the most powerful Norman lord in S Italy, and he ruled the various ethnic groups in his feudal domain justly and tolerantly.
ROGER I (Roger Guiscard), c.1031 1101, Norman conqueror of Sicily; son of Tancred de Hauteville...became count of Sicily under Roberts suzerainty.
ORRERY, ROGER BOYLE, 1ST EARL OF 1621 79, Irish statesman and writer; son of Richard...against the Irish rebels in 1641.
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 Encyclopedia: British and Irish History: Biographies — Infoplease.com
Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill and 1st earl of Orrery
Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes
Inverchapel of Loch Eck, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st Baron
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 AllRefer.com - Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron, British And Irish History, Biographies
Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron[kEz] Pronunciation Key, 1872–1945, British admiral.
From 1934 to 1943 he served as a Conservative member of Parliament, and in 1943 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover.
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 H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger John ...
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron of Zeebrugge and Dover was the first Admiral to command the Battle Cruiser Squadron from aboard H.M.S. Hood.
Sir Roger Keyes was born at Tundiani Fort, India on 04 October 1872.
In January 1943 Keyes was elevated to the peerage and left Parliament.
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 Baron Keyes Information
Baron Keyes is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The 1st Baron had previously been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1919.
Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872–1945)
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Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron, (kez) (KEY), 1872-1945, British admiral.
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Baron Keyes (Sir Roger George Bowlby Keyes), of Zeebrugge, and of Dover, co.
JOHN KEYES, married Barbara, daughter and heiress of Roger Tasker, to whom her father assigned Cavanacor, which estate henceforth became their principal residence.
JOHN KEYES, of Cavanacor, married Margaret, daughter of John Lowry of Ahenis, by this second wife Jane, daughter of William Hamilton, of Ballyfatton, and left with other issue, John, who died without issue and William, whose daughter Deborah married Nathaniel Keyes, of Clonfade.
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 Terms from Azhar, Al- to Bertrand Blier
Baron Beaverbrook (of Beaverbrook And Of Cherkley), (William) Max(well) Aitken Biography (1879–1964)
Baron Coggan (of Canterbury And Of Sissinghurst), (Frederick) Donald Coggan Biography (1909–2000)
Baron Keyes (of Zeebrugge And Of Dover), Roger John Brownlow Keyes Biography (1872–1945)
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 KEYES, VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROGER, 1ST BARON (1872-1945)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Keyes planned and took part in the Heligoland Bight operation in August 1914.
Keyes appointed to the command of the Dover Patrol.
In January 1943, he was created Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover.
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 LHCMA Hamilton catalogue: 8/2/1-53 Depositions of witnesses and reports, Dardanelles Commission, 1917-1919   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Typescript statement submitted by Lt Col Cecil John Lyons Allanson to the Dardanelles Commission, relating to operations of 1 Bn 6 Gurkha Rifles during the battle of Sari Bair, Gallipoli, 2-9 Aug 1915.
With manuscript annotation by by R Adm Roger John Brownlow Keyes regarding Hamilton's interview with Maj Gen Frederick Hammersley to urge the advance of 11 (Northern) Div.
Typed copy of supplementary notes by R Adm Roger John Brownlow Keyes, former Naval Chief of Staff during the Gallipoli Campaign, further to his evidence given to the Dardanelles Commission, mainly relating to naval bombardment of Turkish positions and mine sweeping operations in the Dardanelles Straits, Mar 1915.
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 thePeerage.com - Place Index 158
Fitzpatrick, John, 1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory  b.
Blaquiere, John, 1st Baron de Blaquiere of Ardkill  b.
Gore, Arthur, 1st Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands  b.
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 LHCMA Hamilton catalogue: 13/1-118 Principal military, political and literary correspondents, surnames A-Z, 1916-1949
Correspondence between Hamilton and FM Sir William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Bt, mainly relating to Birdwood's role as General Officer Commanding, Northern Command, India; the reductions in the establishment of the Indian Army; the possibility of Birdwood succeeding Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, as Commander-in-Chief India.
Correspondence between Hamilton and Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete, mainly relating to Hamilton's suggestions in regard to potential economies in War Office expenditure, for Mildmay's use in parliamentary debate on Army estimates.
Correspondence between Hamilton and Maj Gen John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron of Mottistone, mainly relating to Mottistone's Adventure (William Heinemann, London, 1930); Mottistone's questions in the House of Lords, for the British Government to intervene between Germany and the USSR to prevent starvation in Poland, 26 Oct 1939.
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 Sir John Grenfell Maxwell Papers
Among the first of British officers to enter the Egyptian service, he was all but the last of his generation to leave that Army, after its reconstitution under British tutelage.
His action in executing a number of them caused him to be the subject of an attack in the House of Commons, led by Mr.
It was recently (1992) enhanced by the addition of several of Maxwell's photograph albums and letters, the gift of Maxwell's grandsons, John A. Carver, Class of 1943, Clifford Maxwell Carver, Class of 1943, and G. Douglas Carver, Class of 1945.
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 World War II
BLAKER Frank Gerald, CAMPBELL John Charles, CAMPBELL Kenneth, CAMPBELL Lorne MacLean, CRUIKSHANK John Alexander, HANNAH John, HUNTER Thomas Peck, KEYES Geoffrey Charles Tasker, LYELL The Lord Charles Anthony, MALCOLM Hugh Gordon, MIERS Anthony Cecil Caper, PORTEOUS Patrick Anthony, REID William, STOKES James, THOMPSON George.
The son of Admiral of the Fleet, Roger John Brownlow KEYES, GCB, KCVO, CMG, DSO, ADC.
1st Baron KEYES and of Lady KEYES nee BOWLBY of Buckingham.
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 1st Baron Roger John Brownlow Keyes Keyes - Encyclopedia.com
1st Baron Roger John Brownlow Keyes Keyes - Encyclopedia.com
Roger John Brownlow Keyes Keyes, 1st Baron, 1872-1945, British admiral.
As director of combined operations (1940-41) he influenced the early developments in amphibious warfare.
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Son of John Massie Johnstone and Jane Johnstone, of Rosehearty.
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Son of John and Elizabeth Loom, of Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire.
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Kean, Charles John, 1811-1868 (Son of Edmund Kean, 1787-1833)
Kean, John, 1852-1914 (Great-grandson of John Kean, 1756-1795)
Keyes, Sir Roger (John Brownlow) Admiral of the Fleet, 1872-?
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 Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945  -  K
Keyes papers : selections from the private and official correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge (ed.
Married (01.01.1949) Anne Theodosia Mouira Leslie, daughter of Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt.; one son, one daughter.
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