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See also:ROBERT See also:KEITH (d. 1774) , descended from a younger son of the 2nd See also:earl marishal, was See also:British See also:minister in See also:Vienna in 1748, and subsequently held other important See also:diplomatic appointments, being known to his numerous See also:friends, among whom were the leading men of letters of his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, as " See also:Ambassador Keith." His son, See also:Sir Robert See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray Keith (1730-1795), was on See also:Lord See also:George See also:Sackville's See also:staff at the See also:battle of See also:Minden. He became See also:colonel of a See also:regiment (the 87th See also:foot) known as Keith's Highlanders, who won distinction in the See also:continental See also:wars, but were disbanded in 1763; he was then employed in the diplomatic service, in which he achieved considerable success by his honesty, courage, and knowledge of See also:languages. In 1781 he became See also:lieutenant-See also:general; in 1789. he was made a privy councillor.
From the Keith See also:family through the See also:female See also:line was descended George Keith See also:Elphinstone, See also:Baron Keith of See also:Stonehaven, Marishal and afterwards See also:Viscount Keith (q.v.), whose titles became See also:extinct at the See also:death of his daughter See also:Margaret, Baroness Keith, in 1867.
See See also:Calendar of Documents See also:relating to See also:Scotland, edited by J.. See also:Bain (4 vols., See also:Edinburgh, 1881–1888) ; See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Buchan, An See also:Account of the See also:Ancient and See also:Noble Family of Keith (Edinburgh, 1828) ; See also:Memoirs and See also:Correspondence of Sir Robert Murray Keith, edited by Mrs. See also:Gillespie See also:Smyth (See also:London, 1849); See also:John See also:Spalding, Memorialls of the Trubles in Scotland, 7624–1645 (2 vols., Spalding See also:Club Pub]. 21, 23, See also:Aberdeen, 1850–1851) ; Sir Robert See also:Douglas, The See also:Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1813) ; G.E.C., See also:Complete Peerage, vol. iv. (London, 1892). (R. J.
End of Article: ROBERT KEITH (d. 1774)
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