The Keane Baronetcy, of Belmont and of Cappoquin in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 August 1801 for John Keane

Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet

Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet , was an Irish Tory politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Youghal in the Parliament of Ireland from 1798 until the Act of Union, and the MP for Youghal in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom from January 1, 1801 to 1806. He was made a baronet in 1801.-Notes:...

, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Youghal

Youghal (UK Parliament constituency)

Youghal was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:...

 from 1801 to 1806 and from 1808 to 1818. He had earlier represented Bangor

Bangor (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Bangor was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Bangor was not represented.-1689–1801:...

 in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

. The second Baronet was Whig Member of Parliament for County Waterford between 1832 and 1835. The third Baronet served as High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 of County Waterford

County Waterford

*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

 in 1856 and the fourth Baronet in 1881. The fifth Baronet was a Senator of the Irish Free State

Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)

Seanad Éireann was the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State from 1922–1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, or as the First Seanad. The Senate was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State but a number of constitutional amendments were...

 and Governor of the Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland

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. The sixth Baronet, Sir Richard Keane, excelled in the military and also worked in 1930s as a diplomatic correspondent for the Times newspaper. Sir Richard Keane was also partly responsible for bringing the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem to Ireland in 1962 and was a Knight of St. Lazarus until his death in December 2010.

Another member of the Keane family to gain distinction was the soldier John Keane, 1st Baron Keane

John Keane, 1st Baron Keane

John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, GCB, GCH was a British soldier.Keane was born in Belmont, Ireland, the second son of Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet. He joined the British Army as an Ensign at age 11 in 1792. He rose the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 60th Foot and commanded a brigade in the...

, second son of the first Baronet. See the Baron Keane

Baron Keane

Baron Keane, of Ghuznee in Afghanistan and of Cappoquin in the County of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1839 for the military commander John Keane. He was the second son of Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet, of Cappoquin . The third Baron was a...

 for more information on this branch of the family.

Keane Baronets, of Belmont and of Cappoquin (1801)

• Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet , was an Irish Tory politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Youghal in the Parliament of Ireland from 1798 until the Act of Union, and the MP for Youghal in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom from January 1, 1801 to 1806. He was made a baronet in 1801.-Notes:...
  
   (1757–1829)
• Sir Richard Keane, 2nd Baronet (1780–1855)
• Sir John Henry Keane, 3rd Baronet (1816–1881)
• Sir Richard Francis Keane, 4th Baronet (1845–1892)
• Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet
  Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet
  Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet , was an Irish barrister and politician. He was educated at Clifton College and Royal Military Academy Woolwich. He succeeded his father as 5th Baronet in 1892. He was a senator in the upper house of the Irish parliament. He was also a director of the Bank of Ireland...
  
  (1873–1956)
• Sir Richard Michael Keane, 6th Baronet (1909–2010)
• Sir (John) Charles Keane, 7th Baronet (born 1941)