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Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (born 1725)

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Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel

Royal Navy officer and politician (1725–1786)

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ships, including the fourth-rate Maidstone, during the War of the Austrian Succession. He went on to…
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October 2

Day of the year

October 2 is the 275th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 90 days remain until the end of the year.
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