Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB (bap. 13 February 1718 – 24 May 1792), was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands...
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Baron Rodney, of Rodney Stoke in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1782 for the naval commander Sir...
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George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (1753–1802) George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (1782–1842) Sir John Rodney (13??-1400) Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (1785–1846)...
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George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1719–1792) was a British naval officer. George Rodney may also refer to: George B. Rodney (1803–1883), American...
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ships were named after famous British admirals: George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, victor of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and the Battle of the...
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George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (25 December 1753 – 2 January 1802), was a British soldier and politician. Rodney was the son of Admiral George Rodney, 1st...
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among barons is: Barons of England Lords of Parliament of Scotland Barons of Great Britain Barons of Ireland Barons of the United Kingdom However barons of...
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George Brydges Harley Dennett Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney (28 February 1857 - 29 December 1909) was a British Army officer notable for his service in the...
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George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (18 June 1782 – 21 June 1842), was a British peer. Rodney was the eldest son of George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney, by Anne...
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Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton (2 March 1930 – 19 August 2023), was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. Rodney Elton was...
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Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710) May 24 – George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer (b. 1718) June 4 – John Burgoyne, British...
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Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (30 April 1785 – 15 May 1846), was an English peer and clergyman, styled The Honourable Spencer Rodney from 1802 until...
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Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he...
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Admiral-class battlecruiser (redirect from HMS Rodney (1916))
counter these. The class was to have consisted of HMS Hood, Anson, Howe, and Rodney — all names of famous admirals — but the other three ships were suspended...
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by William Roscoe and others. It was named after George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, who, in 1782, secured a naval victory over the Comte de Grasse...
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of Ceylon (1806–1833). John Rodney was born on 10 May 1765 the third son of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney and the eldest son to his second...
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Navy in Hong Kong. Rodney comes from Baron Rodney, in which the famous is George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney in the 18th century. United Centre Admiralty...
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Edwin Rodney Smith, Baron Smith KBE FRCS (10 May 1914 – 1 July 1998) was a British surgeon. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British...
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Gloucestershire. Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton (1892–1973) Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton (1930–2023) Edward Paget Elton, 3rd Baron Elton (born 1966) The heir...
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Mary, the second daughter of the Hon. John Rodney, younger son of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney. In 1830 at the age of only twelve, he succeeded...
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1st Baron Hawke 5 November 1765 – 16 October 1781 George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney 6 November 1781 – 24 May 1792 Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe 9 June...
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served in the Gibraltar garrison during the siege. George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney was the commander of the naval station in the West Indies. He also...
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HistoryToday. Chisholm 1911, p. 23. "'Rodney invested – or – Admiral Pig on a cruize' (George Bridges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney; Hugh Pigot; Charles James Fox)"...
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daughter, Mary, married Henry Rodney, and was the mother of George Brydges Rodney, later raised to the peerage as Baron Rodney. The other daughter, Catherine...
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later Baron Cawley, purchased the estate from George Brydges Harley Dennett Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney. In 1957 Frederick Lee Cawley, 3rd Baron Cawley...
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the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. Marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons are all addressed as 'Lord X', where 'X' represents...
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It is part of East Parish. Lot 43 was awarded to George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney in the 1767 land lottery. Fortune Bridge Stats Canada 2001 Clark...
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Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter (d. 1754) 1719 – George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician (d. 1792) 1721 – John Reid, Scottish...
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ISBN 9781107045729. Syrett, David (30 June 2007). The Rodney papers: selections from the correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6007-1. Retrieved...
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Rodney (d. 1400). However Ekwall indicates that Stoke Gifford was held by Richard de Rodene in 1303. The first Baron Rodney was George Brydges Rodney...
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