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Keppel (AUGUSTUS VISCOUNT Entering)

AUGUSTUS, VISCOUNT, 1725. Entering the navy, he served under Hawke in 1757, captured Goree in 1758, took part in the battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, and in the capture of Belleisle in 1761, and commanded at the capture of Havana in 1762. In 1778 he encountered the French fleet; a sharp but indecisive action ensued, owing to a disagreement between Keppel and Sir Hugh Paleiser, his second in command. Both admirals were brought before a courtmartial, but both were acquitted. In 1782, in which year he was created Visbecame First Lord of the Admiralty, but count Keppel of Elveden in Suffolk, he resigned on Pitt's accession to government. Keppel died, unmarried, Oct. 3 ment. Keppel died, unmarried, Oct. 3, 1786.

British admiral. He was born in 1862