360 KENYOST — KER. IV. 1869. 4- Lloyd (Ken-yon), Lord Kexyon, Baron of GliEDiNGTON, also a Baronet, grandson and li., being s. and h. of the Hon. Lloyd Kenton, by Fanny Mary Catherine, only da. and h. of John Ralph (pRUSBT-OoBE), 1st BabON Haui.ecii, which Lloyd was s. and h. ap of the late Baron but tl. v.p. 17 April 1865, aged 30. He was b. a July 1864, in Wilton crescent; im tn the peerage, U July 1S69 ; ed. at Eton and at"Ch. Ch., Oxford; metric, 27 Hay 1S82. Fami/t/ Estates.— These, in 1 8S3, consisted of 4,552 acres in Flintshire ; 3,026 in Denbighshire; 237 (worth £1,709 a year) in Lancashire, and 120 in Salop. Total 7,941 acres worth £12,297 a year. Principal Residences. Oredington Hall (near Whitchurch), Flintshire, and Peel Hall (near Bolton-le- Moors), Lancashire. KEPPEL op elvedex. Viscountcy. The Hon. Augustus Keppel, 2d s. of William Anne, 2d I 1782 F,A1lL 0K Alui;5I 'Uile, by Anne. da. of Charles (Lennvx), 1st Duke of . ' Richmond, was A. 2 April 1725 ; ed. at Westm. school ; entered the ■irisp Navy, 1736, becoming in 1778 Admiral of the Blue and, finally, 17 s 2, J. /bo. Admiral of the White. He served under Anson at the taking of Paita, 1711 ; took the island of Goree from the French in 1759 and distingnishedihinnelf. also in 1759, at the battle of Conflans and in 1702 at the siege of Havannah. In 1778, however, when in command on the Mediterranean ho allowed the French fleet to escape him at Ushant for which he was tried by a court martial but acquitted. ( n ) He was M P. for Chichester, 1755-61 ; for Windsor, 1761-80, and for Surrey, 1780-82 ; Groom of the Bedchamber, 1760-66 ; a Lord of the Admiralty, 1765-06, being First Lord thereof, March 1782 to Jan. 1783, and again April to Dec. 17S3: P.C, 1782. He was er., 22 April 17S2, VISCOUNT Keppel of Elveden, co. Suffolk. He d. uum. 2 June 17S6, aged 61, when the peerage became cxtincl.(") Will pr, Oct. 1786. KER or KERR. i e., "Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun," Barony [S.] {Ker), er. 1616, with the Earldom ok Koxburghe [S.], which see. i.e., "Kerr of Nisdet, Langnewtoun, and Dolpiiinstoun," Barony [S.] {Ker), er. 1633, with the Eauldom of Antrum [S.], which see. i.e., " Kerr of Newbottle, Oxnam, Jedhurgii, Dolpiiinstoun, and Nisbet," Barony [S.] {Ker), er. 1701, with the Mahqtessate of Lothian [S.], which see. i.e., " Ker of Wakefield, co. York," Barony and Earldom {Ker), a: 1722 ; see " Moxburgiib " Dukedom [S.], er. 1707, under the 2d and 3d Duke, on the death of which last, in 1301, this peerage became extinct. i.e., "Ker of Kersheugii, co. Roxburgh," Barony {Ker}, cr. 1821 ;( c ) see " Lothian " Marquessate [S.], cr. 1701, under the 6th Marquess. (») See vol. i, p. 352, note "a," tub " Besaborough," as to his partiality for "a warm cot." (•>) According to Sir N. AVraxall he "might be accounted among the principal members of opposition in the House of Commons at this period tho' his oratorical talents were not more conspicuously exerted in debate than his Naval skill as a Commander had been displayed on the quarter deck during the memorable action of 27 July 1778. His abilities were indeed of a very limited description altogether unfit for such a theatre as Parliament." (<=) This was one of the Coronation Peerages of George IV, for a list of which see toI, ii, p. 351, note "<J," sub " Conyngham."
