'Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. G. C. B. Governor of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich' RMG PW3551

'Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. G. C. B. Governor of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich'
This is engraved from Jackson's oil painting of about 1817 (BHC2975). Keats (1757-1834) had a very active career in both American and French Wars and became Governor at Greenwich in 1821 as a vice-admiral, rising to admiral by seniority in 1825. When he died in 1834 his early naval friend, the 'sailor king' William IV, commissioned a bust of him by Chantrey in his memory which still stands in the Chapel (see PAI8792), paired with one by Behnes commemorating his successor as Governor (1834-39), Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. He is shown here wearing the sash and star of the GCB and a captain's medal for his part as flag-captain to Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo in 1806.

'Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. G C B. Governor of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich'