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Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet (1669 – 18 November 1749) was a Scottish colonial administrator who served as lieutenant-governor of the British colonies of Pennsylvania and Delaware, from 1717 to 1726.
Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet, (1669 – 18 November 1749) was a lieutenant-governor of colonial Pennsylvania and Delaware. Keith was born in Boddam Castle near Peterhead, Scotland to Sir William Keith, 3rd Baronet, of Ludquharn, Scotland and Lady Jean (Smith) Keith.
Despite having spent only a year in Virginia as surveyor-general in 1714-15, in 1738, Sir William Keith published this history of the colony and its resources. Keith had been dismissed from the post following the death of Queen Anne and the subsequent removal of Tories from official posts by the resurgent Whig interest under the new king, George I.
There have been three Keith Baronetcies . The Keith Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 28 May 1625 for William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal. He had already succeeded to the title of Earl Marischal in 1623 on the death of his father George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal.
Nov 18, 2023 · Over two hundred years ago Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet died in whilst living in poverty in London. In his life, the Aberdeenshire -born nobleman had risen to be lieutenant governor of the British colonies of Pennsylvania and Delaware and inspired one of America's founding fathers.
Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet, was a lieutenant-governor of colonial Pennsylvania and Delaware. Keith was born in Boddam Castle near Peterhead, Scotland to Sir William Keith, 3rd Baronet, of Ludquharn, Scotland and Lady Jean Keith.
Sir William Keith lived from 1669 to 18 November 1749. A native of Aberdeenshire, he became Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and what is now Delaware. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
