Baron Keane


Baron Keane, of Ghuznee in Afghanistan and of Cappoquin in the County of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 December 1839 for the military commander John Keane. He was the second son of Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet, of Cappoquin. The third Baron was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army. The title became extinct on his death in 1901.

Barons Keane (1839)

  • John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Lieutenant General British Army. He married firstly Grace Smith daughter of Sir John Smith on 1 August 1806. They had six children:
  • *Edward Arthur Wellington Keane, 2nd Baron
  • *John Manly Arbuthnot Keane, 3rd Baron
  • *George Disney Keane a Royal Navy Admiral, he married 13 July 1881 Katherine Mary Langford Brooke daughter of Alexander McLeod and widow of Thomas Langford Brooke. He died at Mere Hall Knutsford Cheshire. The value of his personal estate was £30,993 16s 5d.
  • *Hussey Fane Keane a Lieut General Royal Engineers and Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. He married on 11 January 1886 Isabella Emma Elizabeth Schuster daughter of the 5th Earl of Orkney. He died in Sunningdale Berkshire, his estate was valued at £35991 1s 4d.
  • *Charlotte Amelia Keane
  • *Georgiana Isabella Keane ) married W. H. Penrose on 16 July 1840.
He secondly married Charlotte Maria Boland, the daughter of a Colonel Boland on 20 August 1840. Upon his death, the barony passed to his eldest son Edward Arthur Wellington Keane.