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 782 KEIM KELAT KEIM, Theodor, a German theologian, born in Stuttgart, Dec. 17, 1825. He studied at Tubingen, and was connected with that uni- versity from 1851 to 1855, after having spent a year in Bonn. In 1857 he became deacon at Esslingen, in 1859 archdeacon, and in 1800 professor of theology at Zurich. He is promi- nent among liberal Protestant theologians. Among his works are several relating to the history of the reformation, and Der geschicht- liche Christus (3d ed., Zurich, 1866). KEITH, a S. W. county of Nebraska, recently formed, and not included in the census of 1870; area, 2,016 sq. m. It borders on Colo- rado, and is intersected by the forks of the Platte river. The Union Pacific railroad passes through it. KEITH, Alexander, a British author, born at Keith Hall, Aberdeenshire, in 1791. He was educated in Scotland, and was a minister of the established church of Scotland, and after 1843 of the Free church, till ill health compelled his retirement from the pulpit. His principal work, " Evidences of the Truth of the Chris- tian Religion, derived from the Literal Fulfil- ments of Prophecy " (Edinburgh, 1823), be- came a text book, passed through numerous editions, and has been translated into foreign languages ; the later editions embody his per- sonal investigations in the Holy Land. KEITH. I. George, a Prussian diplomatist, born at Kincardine, Scotland, in 1685, died near Potsdam, Prussia, May 25, 1778. He was the tenth earl marischal, and the descendant of a race who had Jong been grand marischals of Scotland. Being outlawed and his estates con- fiscated for participation in the rebellion of 1715, he fled to Spain, and thence to Prussia, where he became a friend of Frederick the Great, who appointed him ambassador at Paris in 1751, governor of Neufchatel in 1754, and envoy to Madrid in 1759. His estates were subsequently restored to him, and he also in- herited in 1761 the entailed estates of the earls of Kintore. He died unmarried, and his eldest sister, wife of the earl of Wigtown, transmitted the Keith title to her daughter, who married Lord Elphinstone, and was the mother of Ad- miral Keith. II. James, brother of the prece- ding, born in Scotland, June 11, 1696, killed at Hochkirch, Oct. 14, 1758. He was likewise at- tainted of high treason on account of the re- bellion of 1715, fled to France, where he studied mathematics under Maupertuis, and was admit- ted to the academy. In 1717 he went to Spain to serve the cause of the pretender, but the enterprise was unsuccessful, and he did not re- turn to Madrid till 1720. He failed of obtain- ing employment, as he refused to abjure Prot- estantism. Subsequently he accompanied the duke of Leiria, the Spanish ambassador, to Russia, where he became a general, especially distinguishing himself in the war against Tur- key (l736-'7), and was severely wounded at the storming of Otchakov. He afterward aid- ed in the victories over the Swedes, and after the peace of Abo (1743) became Russian am- bassador at Stockholm, and on his return to St. Petersburg was made field marshal. The service was made so irksome to him that he tendered his resignation, which was accepted on condition of his never fighting against Rus- sia. Ho went to Hamburg (1747) and ten- dered his services to Frederick the Great, who grasped eagerly at the offer. Ho became gov- ernor of Berlin in 1749, and accompanied the king in many memorable campaigns, distin- guishing himself on various occasions, espe- cially in the retreat from Olmutz, and at Hoch- kirch. His success was the more remarkable as he was ignorant of the German language. See Leben des Feldmarsclialh Jakob Keith, by Varnhagen von Ense (Berlin, 1844). KEITH, George Keith-Elphinstone, viscount, a British admiral, born at Elphinstone, East Lo- thian, Scotland, Jan. 12, 1746, died at his seat of Tulliallan, Perthshire, March 10, 1823. Ho was the youngest son of the tenth Baron El- phinstone, and entered the navy at an early age. He received the commission of post cap- tain in 1775, and, in command of the frigate Perseus, participated in the British attack on Bunker Hill, and in the capture of Fort Mifflin on the Delaware, in November, 1777. In 1793 he served under Lord Hood at Toulon, and in 1795, as rear admiral of the white, took possession of Cape Town, and subsequently conquered Ceylon, Cochin, Malacca, and the Moluccas. He completed his services in the East by capturing, in August, 1796, off Sal- danha bay, a Dutch squadron, which had been despatched for the recovery of the Cape Col- ony. Upon his return to England in 1797 ho was created an Irish peer as Baron Keith of Stonchav'en Marischal. In 1799 he took com- mand of the fleet in the Mediterranean, and in March, 1800, blockaded Genoa, then occu- pied by a French army under Massfina, until its surrender to the Austrians. He subsequent- ly cooperated with Abercrombie in the mili- tary operations in Egypt. He continued in ac- tive service until after the battle of Waterloo, and for several years held command of the channel fleet as admiral of the white. It was owing to his disposition of his cruisers along the coast of France that Napoleon was in- duced to surrender himself a prisoner. In 1814 he was created Viscount Keith of the United Kingdom, having been a baron since 1801. Previous to his elevation to the peer- age he was on several occasions a member of the house of commons. His second wife, born in 1762, was the eldest daughter and co-heir of Henry Thrale, the friend of Dr. Johnson, from whom she received her education. She died March 31, 1857. He left no sons, but his title descended to his elder daughter by his first wife, Baroness Keith, wife of Count Fla- haut. (See FLAHAXJT DE LA BILLAKDERIE.) KELAT, the capital city of Beloochistan, and of a province of its own name, situated on the declivity of a hill called Shah Mirdan, about