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Kenneth Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre

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Kenneth Alexander Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre (August 30, 1916 – September 1, 2004) was a British businessman and banker.

Keith was created a life peer as Baron Keith of Castleacre, of Swaffham in the County of Norfolk in 1980.

He presided over the mergers that formed the British merchant bank Hill Samuel, and also chaired Rolls-Royce. After retiring from those chairmanships in 1980 he was chairman of STC and of the Beecham Group.