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Date transcribed2011-05-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Keane    
First Name(s)  John    
Titles  First Baron    
Year of Birth  1781    
Year of Death  1844    
Entry  Born Feb. 6, 1781 : second son of Sir John Keane, Bart. : in the 44th regt. in 1799 : A.D.C. to Lord Cavan in Egypt : commanded the 13th regt. at the capture of Martinique, 1809 : was in the Peninsula in several engagements from 1813 : Maj-General, 1814 : K.C.B., 1815 : in the landing and attack of New Orleans, 1814-5 : commanded the troops in Jamaica, 1823-30 : C. in C. at Bombay from July 2, 1834, to Feb, 14, 1840 : in 1838 commanded the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus under Sir H. Fane (q.v.) : ordered to Sind : given the command of both the Bengal and Bombay columns advancing into Afghanistan via Quetta and Kandahar : took Ghazni, July 23, 1839 : occupied Kabul, Aug. 7, 1839 : in Oct. 1839, the Army of the Indus being dispersed, Keane returned to England via Lahore : G.C.B. : made Baron Keane of Ghazni in Dec. 1839 : died Aug. 26, 1844    
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