Lord Keith

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Lord Keith, previously Captain Elphinstone,[1] is an admiral, stationed as Admiral in the Mediterranean in the opening of Master and Commander, who acts a patron to Jack Aubrey. He first encountered Aubrey aboard HMS Resolution just after Aubrey, whom Keith called a "yon wee, snotty bairn"[2] had been disrated. His wife, Queenie was one of Aubrey's tutors when he was a child and remains one of his great friends. He is possessed of a much beloved estate in Scotland called Tullyallan.[3]

References

  1. O'Brian, Patrick. Master and Commander. (c) 1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 137
  2. O'Brian, Patrick. Master and Commander. (c) 1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 137
  3. O'Brian, Patrick. Blue at the Mizzen. (c) 1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 24


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