Keiths are truly everywhere. BTW, I seem to recall from my recent reading of the hagiographic Charles Hanbury Williams biography that the British ambassador at Vienna who was too soft on MT in the British pov (at least according to the CHW biographer) which is why after his great "success" with Fritz they wanted H-W to replace him and tell MT who's boss was a Robert Keith as well? (Age-wise, that still means the one in Vienna should be a contemporary of Peter rather than of his sons.)
Peter taught his kids English/encouraged them to learn English. (I'm sure this didn't help with Fritz's opinion that the Brits regarded Peter as half a Briton.
Reminder that when Lehndorff falls for Charles Hotham Jr. and considers emigrating, he also joins a group of like minded gentlemen who are learning English. Given his great sympathy for Peter, I could imagine Peter volunteered for teaching such a class, but more to the point, the royal taste in literature and the arts not withstanding, there is apparantly enough interest in Berlin good society to learn English even in this generation, and historic events (the Diplomatic Revolution, the American Revolution with all those Germans fighting on both sides) would only have heightened interest in this by the time Peter's sons come of age.
I wish I had a copy of Boswell's German diaries of my own (back in the day I loaned one from the Stabi), because I think he must have met every Scot there was in Berlin in 1764, and that might have included more Keiths than just the Lord Marischal...
Re: Robert Keith
Peter taught his kids English/encouraged them to learn English. (I'm sure this didn't help with Fritz's opinion that the Brits regarded Peter as half a Briton.
Reminder that when Lehndorff falls for Charles Hotham Jr. and considers emigrating, he also joins a group of like minded gentlemen who are learning English. Given his great sympathy for Peter, I could imagine Peter volunteered for teaching such a class, but more to the point, the royal taste in literature and the arts not withstanding, there is apparantly enough interest in Berlin good society to learn English even in this generation, and historic events (the Diplomatic Revolution, the American Revolution with all those Germans fighting on both sides) would only have heightened interest in this by the time Peter's sons come of age.
I wish I had a copy of Boswell's German diaries of my own (back in the day I loaned one from the Stabi), because I think he must have met every Scot there was in Berlin in 1764, and that might have included more Keiths than just the Lord Marischal...