Sir Edward Herbert Keeling, MC (1883[1] – 23 November 1954) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1935 to 1954.
He returned to England, he served as the head of a special branch (responsible for Turkey and Bulgaria) in the British General Staff for enabling officers to escape.
[7] He gained credentials as a journalist for the Westminster Gazette and in July 1919 entered Russia, accompanied by William Thomas Goode.
Whilst the Russian Government invited Goode to continue to Moscow Keeling remained stranded at Velikie Luki.
[2][3] Keeling unsuccessfully contested the 1929 general election in the Southwark Central constituency, a safe seat for the Labour Party.