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Title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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The
Keane Baronetcy
, of Belmont in the
County of Waterford
,
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is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 1 August 1801 for
John Keane
,
Member of Parliament
for
Youghal
from 1801 to 1806 and from 1808 to 1818. He had earlier represented
Bangor
in the
Irish House of Commons
. The second Baronet was
Whig
Member of Parliament for
County Waterford
between 1832 and 1835. The third Baronet served as
high sheriff
of
County Waterford
in 1856 and the fourth Baronet in 1881. The fifth Baronet was a
Senator of the Irish Free State
and Governor of the
Bank of Ireland
. The sixth Baronet, Sir Richard Keane, excelled in the military and also worked in 1930s as a diplomatic correspondent for
The Times
newspaper. Sir Richard Keane was also partly responsible for bringing the
Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
to Ireland in 1962 and was a Knight of St. Lazarus. As of 2014 the title is held by his son, the seventh Baronet, who succeeded in 2010.
This is the same baronetcy sometimes known as Keane of Cappoquin also in Waterford. The second son of the first baronet, Gen.
John Keane
, was raised to the peerage as
Baron Keane
of
Ghuznee
and Cappoquin for his capture of the city during the
First Afghan War
.
The family seat is
Cappoquin House
, near
Cappoquin
,
County Waterford
.
Keane baronets, of Belmont and of Cappoquin (1801)
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The heir apparent is the present holder's son Richard Christopher Keane (born 1981).
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