Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel

Royal Navy admiral

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1725

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1786

Profession: military personnel, politician

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC (25 April 1725 – 2 October 1786) 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. During the American Revolutionary War Keppel came into a notorious dispute with Sir Hugh Palliser over Palliser's conduct as his second-in-command at the inconclusive Battle of Ushant in July 1778; the dispute led to Keppel being court-martialled, although he was subsequently acquitted.
During the final years of the American Revolutionary War Keppel served as First Lord of the Admiralty.



Alternative names	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority control	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000 0001 0881 5237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WorldCat