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| BORN: | Unknown |
| MARRIAGE: | 3 March 1762 - Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland |
| DEATH: | Unknown |
| KNOWN ADDRESSES: | None |
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These details are based on the earlier assumption that the Thomas Keith who married Margaret Henderson in Old Machar in 1804 was the same Thomas Keith who was christened in Old Machar in 1769. I have no details of William's birth or who his parents. However, I do know that on 3 March 1762, he married a woman named Jean in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire. They went on to have nine children born between 1763 and 1779. I don't know William's occupation or when he died. |
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1742 – SPENCER COMPTON, EARL OF WILMINGTON (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1743 – HENRY PELHAM (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1754 – THOMAS PELHAM-HOLLES, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1756 – WILLIAM CAVENDISH, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1757 - THOMAS PELHAM-HOLLES, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE (Whig) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1760 – GEORGE III ASCENDS THE THRONE, following the death of George II. George is the grandson of George II but was proclaimed insane from 1810 when the Prince of Wales (later George IV) acted as regent. 1762 – JOHN STUART, EARL OF BUTE (Tory) becomes Prime Minister. 1763 – GEORGE GRENVILLE (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1763 – A PREACE TREATY IS SIGNED IN PARIS BRINGING AN END TO THE WAR WITH SPAIN AND FRANCE. The Treaty gives Britain all French holdings in North America east of the Mississippi. French power was also reduced in India, West Africa and the West Indies. The French overseas empire had practically disappeared and Britain became the legatee. 1765 – CHARLES WATSON-WENTWORTH, MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1766 – WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. Also known as “Pitt the Elder”. 1768 – AUGUSTUS HENRY FITZROY, DUKE OF GRAFTON (Tory) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition cabinet. 1770 – LORD FREDERICK NORTH, later the second Earl of Guildford (Tory), becomes Prime Minister. 1776 – ADAM SMITH PUBLISHED “THE WEALTH OF NATIONS”, condemning the existing system of imperial trade restrictions. 1780 – ROBERT RAIKES FOUNDS THE FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL for the teaching of the three R’s to poor children. 1782 - CHARLES WATSON-WENTWORTH, MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM (Whig) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1782 – WILLIAM PETTY, EARL OF SHELBOURNE, later the Marquis of Lansdowne (Whig), becomes Prime Minister. 1783 – THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION RESULTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION, shattering Britain’s empire. 1783 – WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, DUKE OF PORTLAND (Tory), becomes Prime Minister in a coalition cabinet. 1783 – WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM (Tory), becomes Prime Minister. Also known as “Pitt the Younger”. 1793 – BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH A “REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE”. They remain at war, apart from a brief respite, until 1815. 1801 – IRELAND UNITES WITH GREAT BRITAIN TO FORM THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 1801 – HENRY ADDINGTON, later Viscount Sidmouth (Tory), becomes Prime Minister. 1804 - WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM (Tory), becomes Prime Minister for the second time. Also known as “Pitt the Younger”. 1806 – WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON GRENVILLE (Whig) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition cabinet. 1807 - WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, DUKE OF PORTLAND (Tory), becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1809 – SPENCER PERCEVAL (Tory) becomes Prime Minister. 1810 – KING GEORGE III IS PROCLAIMED INSANE. His eldest son, the Prince of Wales (the later George IV) acts as Prince Regent. 1812 – SPENCER PERCEVAL, the Prime Minister, is assassinated. 1812 – ROBERT BANKS, EARL OF LIVERPOOL (Tory) becomes Prime Minister. |