Richard Goodwin Keats

Richard Goodwin Keats

• American War of Independence
  • Battle of Ushant (1778)
  • Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
  • Battle of Grenada
  • Battle of Martinique (1780)
• French Revolutionary Wars
  • Battle of Algeciras Bay
• Napoleonic Wars
  • Battle of San Domingo
  • Battle of Copenhagen (1807)

Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats (16 January 1757 – 5 April 1834) was a British naval officer who fought throughout the American Revolution, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland from 1813 to 1816. In 1821 he was made Governor of Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, London. Keats held the post until his death at Greenwich in 1834. Keats is remembered as a capable and well respected officer. His actions at the Battle of Algeciras Bay became legendary.