Henry Sheehy Keating

Henry Sheehy Keating
Born	13 November 1775 Bansha, County Tipperary
Died	12 September 1847 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1793 – 1815
Rank	lieutenant General
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars • Capture of Martinique Napoleonic Wars • Raid on Saint Paul • Invasion of Île Bonaparte • Invasion of Île de France
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating KCB (13 November 1775 – 12 September 1847) was born at Bansha, County Tipperary in Ireland and was an officer of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who served in two important operations against French colonies. The most important of his services came during the Mauritius campaign, when he commanded the troops stationed on Rodrigues, a small island used as a base by British forces during the campaign. Keating was instrumental in planning and executing a series of amphibious operations against the French held islands, culminating in the capture of both Île Bonaparte and Île de France in 1810, as part of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–11.

Keating joined the British Army in 1793, at the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. Purchasing a commission in the 33rd Regiment of Foot, Keating was almost immediately despatched to the West Indies with his regiment. Serving the campaign against French colonies in the region under Sir Charles Grey, Keating was promoted to lieutenant and fought in the invasion of Martinique, during which he was twice grievously wounded and taken prisoner by the French. While recovering from his wounds, which included a broken arm from a musket shot and a skull fracture from a shell splinter, Keating was held in a prison hulk for 18 months, before being sent to a more secure prison facility in La Rochelle.

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