General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle,, styled Viscount Bury until 1754, was a British army officer and politician who served in the War of the Austrian Succession, Jacobite rising of 1745 and
Portrait by Francis Cotes, 1755
The siege of Havana, at which Albemarle won a decisive victory
Siege of Havana
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The siege of Havana was the capture of the Spanish-held city of Havana, Cuba in 1762 as part of the war between Britain and Spain which formed part of the larger Seven Years' War. After the Spanish ab
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
…served in the War of the Austrian Succession, Jacobite rising of 1745 and Seven Years' War. He is best known for his victory over the Spanish during the siege of Havana in 1762. He came from a wealthy and powerful Dutch family from Guelders who had close connections to the Princes of Orange that had moved to England…
The British expeditionary fleet
Bombardment of the Morro Castle, Havana, 1 July 1762 by Richard Paton
British siege guns before Morro Castle, by Dominic Serres