George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal | |
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Earl Marischal | |
Predecessor | William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal |
Successor | None, attainted |
Born | 1692 or 1693 probably Inverugie Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Died | 1778 Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire |
Father | William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal |
Mother | Mary Drummond, dau. of The Earl of Perth |
George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal (1692 or 1693 – 1778) was a Scottish Jacobite army officer and diplomat, who led Jacobite forces in the rising of 1719. He later joined in the Prussian Army and became a close confidant of Frederick the Great, serving as his ambassador to both France and Great Britain. He was the tenth and last Earl Marischal.