Richard Goodwin Keats
Sir Richard Goodwin Keats | |
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1817 portrait of Keats by John Jackson | |
| Born | 16 January 1757 |
| Died | 5 April 1834 (aged 77) |
| Allegiance | Great Britain United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Service years | 1770–1812 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Blue |
| Commands | HMS Rhinoceros HMS Bonetta HMS Southampton HMS Niger HMS London HMS Galatea HMS Boadicea HMS Superb HMS Ganges Governor of Newfoundland |
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Admiral of the Blue Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, GCB (16 January 1757 – 5 April 1834) was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland, serving from 1813 to 1816. In 1821 Keats was made Governor of Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, London. He held the post until his death at Greenwich in 1834. Keats is remembered as a capable and well respected officer, in particular due to his actions at the Algeciras campaign.