1725
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
Royal Navy officer and politician (1725–1786)
- Born
- 1725
Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC 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.