Lieutenant-General William Keppel was a British Army officer, politician and courtier who served in the Seven Years' War.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1762–1765
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
William Keppel (British Army officer, born 1727)
…of Foot, which he commanded until 1765. He was promoted to major general in 1762. In 1762, he took part with his brothers George and Augustus in the siege of Havana, and directed the storming of Morro Castle. In 1763, he succeeded George as the military governor of Cuba, though Havana was returned to Spain in July…
The Capture of Havana, 1762, Taking the Town, 14 August Dominic Serres, 1775
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