Keith, William (London)

From AngloScottish
Jump to: navigation, search
Dates c.1710-12
Location London
Vocation Jacobite politician
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Mary Drummond
Issue 4 children
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), vi, 61-2; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Ninth Earl of Marischal. Took seat in Scottish Parliament (1698). Sworn of the privy council (1701). Known Jacobite leanings resulted in imprisonment in Edinburgh Castle during 1708 rising. Sent to London for trial. Made one of sixteen representative peers of Westminster (1710), a post held until his death in 1712.