Francis Edward James Keith

Francis Edward James Keith (June 11, 1696 – October 14, 1758), Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal, was the second son of William, 9th Earl Marischal of Scotland, and was born at the castle of Inverugie near Peterhead.

Further reading

• Sam Coull: Nothing but my sword: the life of Field Marshall James Francis Edward Keith. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2000 ISBN 1-84158-024-4
• KA Varnhagen von Ense: Leben des Feldmarschalls Jakob Keith. Berlin, 1844
• James Keith: A Fragment of a Memoir of Field-Marshal James Keith, written by Himself, 1714-1734; edited by Thomas Constable for the Spalding Club. Edinburgh, 1843
• -- von Paczy?ski-Tenczyn: Lebensbeschreibung des General-Feldmarschalls Keith. Berlin, 1889 (with a second ed. (Berlin, 1896) on the occasion of the bicentenary of Keith's birth)
• Peter Buchan, An historical and authentic account of the ancient and noble family of Keith, Earls Marischal of Scotland, from their origin in Germany down to 1778, including a narrative of the military achievements of James Francis Edward Keith, Field-Marshal in Prussia .... Peterhead, 1820
• Peterheadian (i.e., Norman N. Maclean): Memoir of Marshal Keith, with a sketch of the Keith family. Peterhead, 1869
• C. F. Pauli: Leben grosser Helden des gegenwärtigen Krieges. Thl. 4. Halle, 17--
• J.-H. Formey: A discourse on the death of Marshall Keith, read before the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, translated from the French original. Edinburgh, 1764
• Anon: An Elegy on the universally lamented death of his excellency James-Francis-Edward Keith, Field Marshal in the armies of the King of Prussia, &c. &c. &c. ]