George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal

http://thepeerage.com/p2982.htm#i29820

The last Earl Marischal. Some sources use different numbering, so that the final earl was the 10th Earl Marischal and not the 9th.

George Keith, 9th Earl Marischal, in youth was made Lord Keith, by Queen Anne, and appointed Captain of her Majesty's Guards. Thus, his service was long, even though he was Earl for but a few years. In 1715, for having supported the cause of the Stewart kings, the English revoked his titles and estates. Exiled to Europe, George and his brother achieved fame and esteem among the courts of Spain, France, Russia and Germany. Representing Frederick the Great of Germany, he returned on a visit to England, was reprieved for supporting the Stewarts, and had some of his family properties restored to him....including Dunnotar castle. George died, childless, in 1778, and chiefship of Clan Keith then passed to the Earl of Kintore.

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George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal (1692/3?, probably at Inverugie Castle – 1778, Potsdam) was a Scottish and Prussian army officer and diplomat. Jacobite by persuasion, he was the tenth and last Earl Marischal, having inherited the title from his father the 9th earl in 1712.

Life

He served in Flanders under the duke of Marlborough from 1708 to 1711, but for considering placing the Old Pretender on the British throne on Queen Anne's death in he was deprived of his commission (or resigned). He fought on the Jacobite side during the 1715 Jacobite rising (including at the battle of Sheriffmuir). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sheriffmuir

He was attainted for treason by the Hanoverian government, with his estates falling to the crown. He fled to the continent and went on to serve the Jacobite court at Avignon and to be its ambassador to Spain and then Prussia. He then served Frederick the Great as his ambassador to Spain from 1759 to 1761, informing the Hanoverian government of Spanish preparations to enter the war on France's side, which gained him his pardon by George II on 29 May 1759. Further actions by the Hanoverian government returned him his right to use his title and regain his estates in Great Britain but, despite brief return trips to Scotland in 1761 and 1763–64, eventually settled in Prussia for good, dying in Potsdam. His brother James Francis Edward Keith also served Prussia as a field marshal.

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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal (1692/3?, probably at <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Inverugie Castle" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverugie_Castle">Inverugie Castle</a> – 1778, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Potsdam" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam">Potsdam</a>) was a Scottish and Prussian army officer and diplomat. Jacobite by persuasion, he was the tenth and last <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Earl Marischal" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Marischal">Earl Marischal</a>, having inherited the title from his father the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Keith,_9th_Earl_Marischal">9th earl</a> in 1712.</p> <div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 3px; background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 13.16px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 152px;"><a class="image" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:10thEarlMarischal.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" style="border: 1px solid #cccccc; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #ffffff;" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/10thEarlM..." alt="" width="150" height="233" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="248" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption" style="border: none; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"> <divclass="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"> </div> The Earl Marischal.</div> </div> </div> <h2 style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;">Life[<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Edit section: Life" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Keith,_10th_Earl_...">edit</a>]</h2> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He served in Flanders under the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080;background: none;" title="John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough">duke of Marlborough</a> from 1708 to 1711, but forconsidering placing the <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Old Pretender" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Pretender">Old Pretender</a> on the British throne on <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain">Queen Anne</a>'s death he was deprived of his commission (or resigned). He fought on the Jacobite side during the 1715 <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Jacobite rising" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising">Jacobite rising</a> (including at the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080;background: none;" title="Battle of Sheriffmuir" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sheriffmuir">battle of Sheriffmuir</a>) and was attainted for treason by the Hanoverian government, withhis estates falling to the crown. He fled to the continent and went on to serve the Jacobite court at Avignon and to be its ambassador to Spain and then <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Kingdom of Prussia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia">Prussia</a>. He then served <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Frederick the Great" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great">Frederick the Great</a> as his ambassador to Spain from 1759 to 1761, informing the Hanoverian government of Spanish preparations to enter the war on France's side, which gained him his pardon by <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="George II of Great Britain" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain">George II</a> on 29 May 1759. Further actions by the Hanoverian government returned him his right to use his title and regain his estates in Great Britain but, despite brief return trips to Scotland in 1761 and 1763–64, he found the climate and his neighbors unfavorable. At Frederick's invitation, Keith returned to Prussia for good, dying in <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Potsdam" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam">Potsdam</a>. He was a friend and patron of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Jean-Jacques Rousseau" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau">Jean-Jacques Rousseau</a>. His brother <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="James Francis Edward Keith" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Francis_Edward_Keith">James Francis Edward Keith</a> also served Prussia as a <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Generalfeldmarschall" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall">fieldmarshal</a>.</p>