1st Viscount Keppel

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1st Viscount Keppel was a prominent 18th-century British admiral and politician, known for his service in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence.

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Viscount Keppel 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British admiral
human
peer of Great Britain
politician
allegiance Great Britain NERFINISHED
birthDate 1725-04-25
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
commanded Channel Fleet NERFINISHED
conflict American War of Independence NERFINISHED
Falklands Crisis of 1770 NERFINISHED
Seven Years' War
War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfService Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
createdPeerageTitleBy King George III NERFINISHED
deathDate 1786-10-02
deathPlace Elveden Hall NERFINISHED
ennobledIn 1782
familyName Keppel NERFINISHED
father Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle NERFINISHED
givenName Augustus NERFINISHED
house House of Keppel NERFINISHED
memberOf House of Lords
Whig Party NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryRank Admiral
mother Lady Anne Lennox NERFINISHED
name Augustus Keppel NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Baron Keppel NERFINISHED
Viscount Keppel NERFINISHED
notableBattle Battle of Ushant (1778) NERFINISHED
notableFor command in the Seven Years' War
court-martial and acquittal after the Battle of Ushant
role in the American War of Independence
occupation naval officer
politician
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Chichester NERFINISHED
New Windsor NERFINISHED
Surrey NERFINISHED
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty NERFINISHED
Lord of the Admiralty NERFINISHED
Member of Parliament
promotedToRank Admiral of the Blue NERFINISHED
Admiral of the White NERFINISHED
Rear Admiral
Vice Admiral
servedUnder Admiral Edward Hawke NERFINISHED
sibling George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle NERFINISHED

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Keppel title 1st Viscount Keppel
subject surface form: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
Keppel family associatedTitle 1st Viscount Keppel
this entity surface form: Viscount Keppel
Keppel family title 1st Viscount Keppel
subject surface form: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
this entity surface form: Viscount Keppel
Admiral Augustus Keppel nobleTitle 1st Viscount Keppel
subject surface form: Augustus Keppel
this entity surface form: Viscount Keppel