Retirement
In 1815, Keating was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He had continued to rise in rank, becoming a major general in 1813 and reaching lieutenant general in 1837. The year before he had been knighted, becoming a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. In April 1845, he was made honorary colonel of the 33rd Regiment of Foot. He died in September 1847 in Cheltenham aged 71. He remains are interred in the town's cemetery and a Memorial to him was erected in Christ Church, Cheltenham. He had earlier married Mary Anne Singer in Dublin, and the couple's eldest son, Henry Singer Keating later became a prominent lawyer and MP, serving twice as Solicitor General.
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