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her sister_ (1882), _portrait_; _Macmillan’s Mag. xlii_ 259–67 (1880). KEATE, JOHN (son of Wm. Keate, prebendary of Wells, _d._ 1795). _b._ Wells, Somerset 1773; ed. at Eton and King’s coll. Camb., carried off 4 of sir Wm. Browne’s medals 1793–5, B.A. 1796, M.A. 1799, D.D. 1810; assistant master Eton 1795–1802, lower master 1802–9, head master 1809 to 1834; on 30 June 1832 he flogged more than 80 boys, his success as a teacher was considerable, although a severe disciplinarian he was popular, and on his resignation he left in the college 570 boys; canon of Windsor 14 March 1820 to death; V. of Nether Stowey, Somerset 1820–24; R. of Hartley Westpall, Hants. 1824–49; edited T. Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri sex 1813, and in Fasciculus Carminum. Etonæ 1839 wrote Immortalitas Animæ pp. 17–21. _d._ Hartley Westpall rectory 5 March 1852. _H. C. Maxwell Lyte’s History of Eton college_ (1875) 358–404, 2 _portraits_; _C. A. Wilkinson’s Reminiscences of Eton in Keate’s times_ (1887). KEATE, ROBERT (brother of the preceding). _b._ Laverton 14 March 1777; ed. at Bath gr. sch. to 1792; studied at St. George’s hospital, London 1793; hospital mate at Chelsea hospital 1794; member of Surgeons’ Corporation 1798; staff surgeon in the army 1798; inspector general 21 Jany. 1807, placed on h.p. 25 March 1810; assistant surgeon at St. George’s hospital 1800, surgeon 1813–53; examiner of college of surgeons 1827–55, pres. 1830, 31 and 39; surgeon extraordinary to Wm. IV. 1830–2 and surgeon 1832–7; sergeant surgeon to Victoria 1841 to death; a firstrate operator. _d._ 11 Hertford st. Mayfair, London 2 Oct. 1857. _J. F. Clarke’s Autobiographical recollections_ (1874) 378–85, 510–19; _Proc. Med. and Chir. Soc. ii_ 51 (1858). NOTE.--He is reported to have said, I have attended four sovereigns and have been badly paid for my services; one of them now deceased owed me nine thousand guineas. No doubt George IV. is alluded to. KEATE, ROBERT WILLIAM (younger son of the preceding). _b._ 15 Albemarle st. Piccadilly, London 16 June 1814; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1842; played with Marylebone cricket club several seasons, was in Oxford eleven 1833, 34, 35, member of the I. Zingari; barrister L.I. 7 May 1844; civil commissioner of the Seychelles 1849; governor of Grenada 1853–6; governor of Trinidad, Nov. 1856 to April 1864; governor of Natal 20 Feb. 1867 to 1872; governor in chief of West Coast settlement 30 Nov. 1872 to death, _d._ Cape Coast Castle 17 March 1873. _Cricket Scores_, _ii_ 192 (1862), _v p. xv_ (1876). KEATING, SIR HENRY SINGER (3 son of sir Henry Sheehy Keating, K.C.B., _d._ 1846). _b._ Dublin 13 Jany. 1804; barrister I.T. 4 May 1832, bencher 27 April 1849 to 1859 and 1877 to death; Q.C. Feb. 1849; M.P. for Reading 1852–9, introduced and passed The Bills of Exchange act 1854; solicitor general 2 June 1857 to March 1858 and 18 June to 14 Dec. 1859; knighted at St. James’s palace 18 June 1857; serjeant-at-law Dec. 1859; judge of court of common pleas 14 Dec. 1859 to 5 Feb. 1875 when retired on pension; P.C. 4 Feb. 1875; edited with J. S. Willes, J. W. Smith’s A selection of leading cases on various branches of the law, with notes, 3 ed. 2 vols. 1849 and 4 ed. 2 vols. 1856. _d._ St. Leonards 1 Oct. 1888. _Drawing room portrait gallery_, _3rd series_ (1860), _portrait_; _The Statesmen of England_ (1862), _portrait_ 34; _I.L.N. lxvi_ 181, 182 (1875), _portrait_. KEATINGE, RICHARD (2 son of Maurice Keatinge of Dublin, barrister). _b._ Dublin 1793; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; called to Irish bar 1813; K.C. 1835; queen’s serjeant Nov. 1842; bencher of King’s inns, Dublin 1843; judge of the prerogative court Aug. 1843; judge of the probate court Jany. 1858 to Oct. 1868; P.C. Ireland, Sep. 1843. _d._ 21 Merrion sq. Dublin 9 Feb.