Richard Goodwin Keats
(1757-1834)
Royal Navy admiral
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Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats (16 January 1757 – 5 April 1834) was a British naval officer who fought throughout the American Revolution, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland from 1813 to 1816. In 1821 he was made Governor of Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, London. Keats held the post until his death at Greenwich in 1834. Keats is remembered as a capable and well respected officer. His actions at the Battle of Algeciras Bay became legendary.
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16 January 1757 Chalton, Hampshire, England
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5 April 1834 (aged 77) Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, London, England
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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