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Sir Charles Patton Keyes, (25 November 18225 February 1896) was a

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officer.

Career

He was commissioned into the 30th Madras Native Infantry in 1843, and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1858. He served as commanding officer of the

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, Punjab Field Force and the

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. He latterly served with the

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. Keyes was promoted to major-general in 1881 and General in 1889. He was made

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in the 1891 Birthday Honours. In retirement he held the office of Justice of the Peace for Kent.

Family

Keyes was the son of Thomas Keyes and Mary Anne Patton. He married Katherine Jessie Norman, daughter of Sir James Norman (and sister of

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), on 12 January 1870. Together they had nine children: *Katherine Mary Keyes (died July 1956) * Phyllis Marion Keyes (died 1 May 1968) *Norman Keyes *Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (4 October 1872 – 26 December 1945), father of

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*Dorothea Agnes Keyes (8 July 1874 – 2 April 1962) *Charles Valentine Keyes (14 February 1876 – 1901) * Sir Terence Humphrey Keyes (28 May 1877 – 26 February 1939) *Adrian St. Vincent Keyes (19 December 1882 – 6 October 1926) *Madeline Helen Keyes (1886-25 April 1964) Following her husband's death, Lady Keyes was in 1902 granted use of a set of apartments in Clock Tower,

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, by King

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Arms

References

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