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vigorous imagination, built the delusion of an aristocratic extraction upon circum- 

 stantial evidence, wholly devoid of definite facts. From his self-love and burning 

 determination to force his own valuation of himself into public recognition grew 

 the extraordinary conception of carrying off his supposed father (Lord Selkirk) 

 as a captive. From the height to which his untrammeled fancy had raised him 

 he announced himself as the impartial defender of the insulted rights of human 

 nature, declaring himself 'totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of 

 climate or of country." His attitude of confirmed suspicion toward the United 

 States and its officials was of the same type. 



Of his heredity, little can be said. His mother is not described. What is 

 known of his family is shown on the chart. 



FAMILY HISTORY OF J. PAUL JONES. 



II (F F) Paul, kept in Leith, Scotland, a 



"mail garden," a combination of tavern and market j 

 garden. I 3 (M F), McDuff, a "free landholder." 



Fraternity of F: II 1, George Paul, a landscape 

 gardener at St. Mary's Isle. II 2 (F), John Paul, a land- -,- 

 scape gardener in Leith. II 3 (M), Jeannie McDuff. 



Fraternity of Propositus: III 1, William Paul, de- 



parted for America, early in life. II 2, Elizabeth Paul, ^ JL? <^t_r~f 



died unmarried. Ill 3, Jean Paul. Ill 4, Mr. Taylor, a ^ w W~LJ d f(rf 



watchmaker in Dumfries. Ill 5, Mr. Young. Ill 6, Mary 



Ann Paul. Ill 7, Mr. Lowden. Ill 9 (Propositus), JOHN PAUL JONES. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



DE KOVEN, MRS. R. 1913. The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones. New York: C. Scribner's 

 Sons. 2 vols. 



34. HENRY KEPPEL. 



HENRY KEPPEL was born June 14, 1809. He studied at the naval academy 

 at Portsmouth and entered the navy in 1822; he reached the rank of commander 

 in 1833. He was engaged hi suppression of the slave trade and did service in the 

 China sea against Malay pirates. At the siege of Sebastopol he commanded a 

 naval brigade and won renown in the operations around that fortress. Sent to 

 China in command of the Raleigh, he lost his ship on a rock, but in three small 

 vessels with his crew he fought the Chinese at Fatshan Creek (1857) and was 

 knighted for his success. He was made admiral in 1877 and died 27 years later, 

 at the age of 95. He wrote his autobiography. 



Keppel was a hyperkinetic. He was high-spirited, had a personal enthusiasm, 

 a magnetic personality, and an infection of geniality. In battle he had the pug- 

 nacity of a bulldog and showed reckless daring. He was of the Albemarle tribe. 

 His brother, the sixth earl, was a general, who served in the Waterloo campaign, 

 at Mauritius, the Cape, and India, and was also a great traveler. Their father 

 was a lover of racing, like his son Henry. Henry disliked funerals and broke out 

 of the military procession held at his brother's death. 



He was literary. He wrote two books, later combined in his autobiography. 

 His brother, the earl, wrote an account of his travels. 



His naval career was advanced by his social position. Many of the Albe- 

 marles were generals or naval officers. He himself became an admiral ; his brother 

 Tom went into the navy as a youngster, but later became a clergyman and has a son 

 who is a rear admiral. A son, Colin, is a distinguished naval officer who saw service 

 on the Nile and was made rear admiral in command of the Atlantic fleet in 1909. 



