George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle KG PC, styled Viscount Bury until 1754, was a British general and nobleman. He is best known for his decisive victory over the Spanish during capture of Havana in 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War.
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, Francis Cotes
General William Keppel, Storming the Morro Castle, by Joshua Reynolds
The siege of Havana was a successful British siege against Spanish-ruled Havana that lasted from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War. After Spain abandoned its former policy of neutrality by signing the family compact with France, resulting in a British declaration of war on Spain in January 1762, the British government decided to mount an attack on the important Spanish fortress and naval base of Havana, with the intention of weakening the Spanish presence in the Caribbean and improving the security of its own North American colonies. A strong British naval force consisting of squadrons from Britain and the West Indies, and the military force of British and American troops it convoyed, were able to approach Havana from a direction that neither the Spanish governor nor the Admiral expected and were able to trap the Spanish fleet in the Havana harbour and land its troops with relatively little resistance.
The Capture of Havana, 1762, Taking the Town, 14 August, Dominic Serres
A plan of Havana and its environs in 1762, by Thomas Kitchen
The British expeditionary fleet
Bombardment of the Morro Castle, Havana, 1 July 1762 by Richard Paton