Robert Murray Keith
Robert Murray Keith (c. 1697–1774) was a British diplomat. He was descended from a younger son of the 2nd Earl Marischal.
Keith was minister in Vienna in 1748 and from 1753 Minister-plenipotentiary. In 1757, he transferred to St. Petersburg (arriving in 1758) and remained there until October 1762, when the imperial government requested that he be replaced by a nobleman. He then retired to live at the Hermitage near Edinburgh, being known to his friends, among whom were leading men of letters, as "Ambassador Keith."[1]
Keith married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Cunningham, 2nd baronet, of Caprington before 1730 when their son Robert Murray Keith (the younger) was born. Another son was Sir Basil Keith, a naval officer and Governor of Gibraltar.[2]
References
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Archbold, W.A.J. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. pp. 328–329.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Keith s.v. Robert Keith". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 716.
- Eagles, R. D. E. "Keith, Robert (c.1697–1774)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15271. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.).
- Archbold, W.A.J. (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 328–329.