George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal was a Scottish-born army officer and diplomat. After leading Jacobite forces in the failed Jacobite rising of 1719, he fled Britain and joined the Prussian Army. Becoming a close confidant of Frederick the Great, he served as the Prussian ambassador to Spain, France and Great Britain.
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George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal was a Scottish-born army officer and diplomat. After leading Jacobite forces in the failed Jacobite rising of 1719, he fled Britain and joined the Prussian Army. Becoming a close confidant of Frederick the Great, he served as the Prussian ambassador to Spain, France and Great Britain. Keith was the tenth and last Earl Marischal.
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