Family and Education
b. c. 1731, in Ireland, o.s. of Capt. Gilbert Keene by Alice, da. of Thomas Whitshed of Dublin, serjeant-at-law. educ. Trinity, Dublin, B.A. 1750. m. 1 Aug. 1771, Elizabeth Legge, da. of George, Visct. Lewisham, and sis. of William, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.
Offices Held
Lt. 5 Ft. 1754, capt. 1756; maj. 1762, to serve as lt.-col., later as col., in Portuguese army; retd. 1768.
Sec. to ld. chamberlain 1772 – Mar. 1782; ld. of Trade Jan. 1774 – June 1777; surveyor gen. of the Board of Works, Jan. 1779 – Mar. 1782; sec. to ld. chamberlain and ld. of Admiralty Apr.-Dec. 1783.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hawthorn Hill, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
KEENE, Whitshed (c.1731-1822)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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