keatsclose wrote:You might be interested to see - if you haven't done so already - the photos of Fanny Keats and her children in Keats and His Circle, a book of chiefly portraits, by Joanna Richardson (Cassell, 1980). Which reminds me, must get hold of that author's Fanny B biog. Apparently George 'Beau' Brummell was a sort of cousin - and they wer both fashionistas!
Malia wrote:I'm pretty sure George has descendants here in America. What about the "Speed" family? I expect because George had more than one girl (did he even have any boys? I can't remember) that the Keats name might not still be attached to the family--but there surely are direct descendants of George still in America.
There was a dissertation by a lady named Naomi Kirk on George. Alas, it was never published, but you can read some about it here: http://www.filsonhistorical.org/archive ... ellow.html
They also had a child named "John."
I think it was Emma Keats Speed who commented in a letter that John was "an eccentric genius who wanders we know not where." (or words to that effect.)
I think I remember reading that John was a civil engineer.
I'm sure there are living descendants of George & Georgiana. In fact, I think one woman descendant posted on this forum, (I think there may have only been one or two of her posts, tho') while she was in the process of researching her family tree.
The Keats family had *lots* of kids -- eight I think -- most of whom lived to adulthood, but only two boys. It looks like the Keats name (as inherited from George) has died out.
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