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    "verified_text": "george, 10th earl marishal (c. 1693-1778), served under marlborough, and like his brother francis, marshal keith (q.v.), was a zealous jacobite, taking part in the rising of 1715, after which he escaped to the continent. in the following year he was attainted, his estates and titles being forfeited to the crown. he lived for many years in spain, where he concerned himself with jacobite intrigues, but he took no part in the rebellion of 1745, proceeding about that year to prussia, where he became, like his brother, intimate with frederick the great. frederick employed him in several diplomatic posts, and he is said to have conveyed valuable information to the earl of chatham, as a reward for which he received a pardon from george ii., and returned to scotland in 1759. his heir male, on whom, but for the attainder of 1716, his titles would have devolved, was apparently his cousin alexander keith of ravelston, to whom the attainted earl had sold the castle and lands of dunnottar in 1766. from alexander keith was descended, through the female line, sir patrick keith murray of ochtertyre, who sold the estates of dunnottar and ravelston. after the attainder of 1716 the right of the keiths of ravelston to be recognized as the representatives of the earls marishal was disputed by robert keith (1681-1757), bishop of fife, a member of another collateral branch of the family. the bishop was a writer of some repute, his chief work, _the history of the affairs of the church and state of scotland_ (edinburgh, 1734), being of considerable value for the reigns of james v., james vi., and mary queen of scots. he also published a _catalogue of the bishops of scotland_ (edinburgh, 1755), and other less important historical and theological works. robert keith (d. 1774), descended from a younger son of the 2nd earl marishal, was british minister in vienna in 1748, and subsequently held other important diplomatic appointments, being known to his numerous friends, among whom were the leading men of letters of his time, as \"ambassador keith.\" his son, sir robert murray keith (1730-1795), was on lord george sackville's staff at the battle of minden. he became colonel of a regiment (the 87th foot) known as keith's highlanders, who won distinction in the continental wars, but were disbanded in 1763; he was then employed in the diplomatic service, in which he achieved considerable success by his honesty, courage, and knowledge of languages. in 1781 he became lieutenant-general; in 1789 he was made a privy councillor. from the keith family through the female line was descended george keith elphinstone, baron keith of stonehaven, marishal and afterwards viscount keith (q.v.), whose titles became extinct at the death of his daughter margaret, baroness keith, in 1867. see _calendar of documents relating to scotland_, edited by j. bain (4 vols., edinburgh, 1881-1888); peter buchan, _an account of the ancient and noble family of keith_ (edinburgh, 1828); _memoirs and correspondence of sir robert murray keith_, edited by mrs. gillespie smyth (london, 1849); john spalding, _memorialls of the trubles in scotland, 1624-1645_ (2 vols., spalding club publ. 21, 23, aberdeen, 1850-1851); sir robert douglas, _the peerage of scotland_ (edinburgh, 1813); g.e.c., _complete peerage_, vol. iv. (london, 1892). (r. j. m.)",
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