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George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
1823Mar, 10

George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith

George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1746)
Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (7 January 1746 – 10 March 1823) was a British naval officer active throughout the Napoleonic Wars.

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