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===[[name::William]] [[name::KEITH]], 9th [[personal title::Earl Marischal]], ca. [[date of birth::1664]]-[[date of death::1712]]=== | ===[[name::William]] [[name::KEITH]], 9th [[personal title::Earl Marischal]], ca. [[date of birth::1664]]-[[date of death::1712]]=== | ||
| − | + | [[file:P1120481(2).JPG|thumb|Keith's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *487)]] | |
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
The son of George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal (d. 1694). | The son of George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal (d. 1694). | ||
| − | He at first accepted the new regime of William and Mary, taking a seat in the [[ | + | He at first accepted the new regime of William and Mary, taking a seat in the [[occupation::MP|Scottish Parliament]] in 1698 and became a member of the privy council in 1701. |
However the family were committed Jacobites and Keith was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle during the 1708 rising. He nevertheless was subsequently made one of the Scottish representative peers in the British House of Lords. | However the family were committed Jacobites and Keith was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle during the 1708 rising. He nevertheless was subsequently made one of the Scottish representative peers in the British House of Lords. | ||
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William KEITH, 9th Earl Marischal, ca. 1664-1712
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Biographical Note
The son of George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal (d. 1694). He at first accepted the new regime of William and Mary, taking a seat in the Scottish Parliament in 1698 and became a member of the privy council in 1701. However the family were committed Jacobites and Keith was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle during the 1708 rising. He nevertheless was subsequently made one of the Scottish representative peers in the British House of Lords.
Books
Used an engraved bookplate:
Franks *487 (Keith), The Right Honble. William Keeth, Earle Marshall of Scotland.
The extent and disposition of his library is not known.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- Nicholson, Eirwen E. C. "Drummond [married name Keith, Mary, Countess Marischal (1675–1729), Jacobite sympathizer."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.