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His trip was facilitated by Keppel, to whom he was introduced by Richard, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, in spring 1749. At the time, Keppel was about to depart on a diplomatic mission to the Mediterranean and offered Reynolds passage on board his ship, the ‘Centurion’, 50 guns. The two men formed a close friendship during their voyage together.
When George III was asked by Lord Eglinton to sit for the most fashionable portrait painter of the day, Joshua Reynolds, he replied: ‘Mr Ramsay is my painter, my Lord.’ Reynolds tried to gain royal notice with two speculative ventures – a portrait of George III as Prince of Wales (OM 1011, 401034) and an oil sketch for a depiction of his marriage to Queen Charlotte (OM 1012, 404353 ...
The life of Augustus, viscount Keppel, admiral of the White, and first lord of the admiralty in 1782-3 by Keppel, Thomas Robert, 1811-1863. Publication date 1842 Topics
Augustus Frederick Keppel, 5th Earl of Albemarle (2 June 1794 – 15 March 1851), styled Viscount Bury from 1804 until 1849, was an English nobleman. Life. Bury was commissioned an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards on 7 April 1811. He was promoted to lieutenant and captain on 12 January 1814.
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 .
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Earl of Albemarle, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Violet Trefusis, Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, Colin Richard Keppel, Alice Keppel, Henry Keppel, William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle, George Keppel ...
Augustus Keppel was born on 25 April 1725 a younger son of William Anne Keppel, Earl of Albemarle and his wife, Anne Lennox and was educated briefly at Westminster School, [1] leaving to join the Royal Navy at the age of ten. [2] Aged 15 he sailed aboard HMS Centurion under Captain George Anson on his mission to harass Spanish shipping along ...
