A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keane, George Disney
KEANE. (Commander, 1846.)
The Honourable George Disney Keane, born 26 Sept. 1817, is third son of Lieut.-General Lord Keane, G.C.B., G.C.H., Colonel of the 43rd Regt., and late Commander-in-Chief in India (who was raised to the Peerage in 1839, as a reward for the brilliant expedition he had conducted against Affghanistan, and died in 1844), by his first wife, Grace, second daughter of Lieut.-General Sir John Smith, R.A. His eldest brother, the present Peer, is a Major in the Army, and Captain in the 37th Regt.; his second, also an officer in the Army; and his third, a Lieutenant R.E.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Oct. 1831; passed his examination in 1837; obtained his first commission 26 Dec. 1840; then joined the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings: was next, from 25 Aug. 1841 until the close of 1843, employed in the Mediterranean, on board the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, after having served for exactly 11 months in the Channel, as First-Lieutenant of the Scourge steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Crawford Caffin, was advanced to the rank of Commander. He is at present on half-pay.