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George Elphinstone
1st Viscount Keith, Royal Navy admiral (1746–1823)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 7 January 1746
- Died
- 10 March 1823
- Conflict
- Napoleonic Wars
- Place of birth
- Stirling
- Place of death
- Fife
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Elphinstone
- Mother
- Lady Clementina Fleming
- Sibling
- John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone, William Fullerton-Elphinstone, Charles Elphinstone, Eleanor Elphinstone
- Occupation
- naval officer, politician, businessperson
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Order of the Crescent
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Royal Society
- military branch
- Royal Navy
- military, police or special rank
- admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral, captain, soldier
- name in native language
- George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
- noble title
- viscount, Baron Keith, Viscount Keith
- work location
- London
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