Admiral Augustus Keppel

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British politician Royal Navy admiral human

Admiral Augustus Keppel was an 18th-century British naval officer and politician best known for his controversial command during the American War of Independence and subsequent high-profile court-martial.

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Label Occurrences
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel 3
Admiral Augustus Keppel canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Royal Navy admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford ⓘ
surface form: Lord North
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Elveden ⓘ
charge misconduct in the face of the enemy ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American War of Independence

Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1725-04-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1786-10-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy (sea service)
endTimeOfService 1782 ⓘ
familyName Keppel ⓘ
father Albemarle, 2nd Earl of Albemarle ⓘ
surface form: Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle
givenName Augustus ⓘ
honorificPrefix Admiral ⓘ
The Right Honourable ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
mother Anne Lennox ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Keppel ⓘ
1st Viscount Keppel ⓘ
surface form: Viscount Keppel
notableEvent court-martial of 1779 ⓘ
notableFor controversial command during the American War of Independence ⓘ
high-profile court-martial following the Battle of Ushant ⓘ
notableWork command at the Battle of Ushant (1778) ⓘ
occupation naval officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
outcome acquitted at court-martial ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented CHICHESTER ⓘ
surface form: Chichester

Surrey ⓘ
Windsor ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Elveden Hall ⓘ
surface form: Elveden Hall, Suffolk
positionHeld Admiral of the Blue ⓘ
First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
replacedBy Sir Charles Hardy ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shipCommanded Channel Fleet ⓘ
HMS Torbay ⓘ
HMS Valiant ⓘ
sibling George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle ⓘ
startTimeOfService 1735 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Channel Fleet → notableCommander → Admiral Augustus Keppel ⓘ
Albemarle, 2nd Earl of Albemarle → child → Admiral Augustus Keppel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
Keppel → hasNotableBearer → Admiral Augustus Keppel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
Keppel family → notableMember → Admiral Augustus Keppel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
Battle of Ushant (1778) → commander → Admiral Augustus Keppel ⓘ