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made a lieutenant on the 23th Feb. 1806; and served as first of the Northumberland 74, Captain (now Sir Henry) Hotham, at the destruction of two French frigates and a national brig, near l’Orient, May 22d, 1812 ; for which service he was promoted to his present rank on the 29th of the same month. This officer married. Mar. lOth, 1815, Miss Elizabeth Banks, of Bath. 



a midshipman of the Queen 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral (afterwards Lord) Gardner, at the great battle of June 1st, 1794; on which occasion that ship sustained a loss of 36 officers and men slain, and 67> including her captain (John Hutt) mortally wounded.

In Dec. 1795, Mr. Keenan was promoted to the rank of lieutenant; – in 1801, he commanded the Sheerness tender; – in 1807, we find him serving as first of the Hibernia 110, bearing the flag of Lord Gardner; – in 1811, he obtained the command of the Resolute gun-brig; – and on the 29th of April, 1812, he displayed great bravery in a desperate attack made by Captain (now Sir Thomas) Ussher on several French privateers lying under the batteries of Malaga. For his good conduct on this occasion he was made a commander, June 1st following. 



the rank of lieutenant in Dec. 1805; and served as such under Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Donald Campbell, in the Audacious 74, on the Baltic and North Sea stations. He was next appointed first of the 