Person    | Male  Born 16/1/1757  Died 5/4/1834

Admiral, Sir R. Goodwin Keats, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Hampshire.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1821 until his death there.

The Greenwich monument has his name spelt 'Keates'; all other sources have 'Keats'.

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Admiral, Sir R. Goodwin Keats, GCB

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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground

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