HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third rate built at Woolwich Dockyard in 1677/79. She was delivered to Chatham and placed in Ordinary in 1679. She was commissioned...
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have been named HMS Grafton, while another one was planned: HMS Grafton (1679) was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700...
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Farrell Grafton Cinema, 1911–1973 Grafton Entertainment, a record label Grafton Group, an Ireland-based builders merchants business. HMS Grafton (1679), a...
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HMS Charles Galley on an expedition to Tangier with Admiral Narborough in 1677. From the Charles Galley he transferred first to HMS James, then HMS Newcastle...
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(1671–1674) Pierre de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande, Governor (1675–1679) Jacques de Chambly, Governor (1679–1680) Nicholas de Gabaret, Governor (1680–1689) Louis Ancelin...
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Richard Lestock (category 1679 births)
Admiral Richard Lestock (22 February 1679 – 17 December 1746) was a British officer in the Royal Navy, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral. He fought...
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70 (1679) Burford 70 (1679) Eagle 70 (1679) Expedition 70 (1679) – renamed Prince Frederick 1715, sold 1784 Grafton 70 (1679) Pendennis 70 (1679) – wrecked...
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Shipwrecks A". The Great Lakes Shipwreck File: Total Losses of Great Lakes Ships 1679 - 1999. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved February...
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captured 2 October 1706) – to Russia 1712 as Esperans 44 Grafton 70, 2nd Rang (ex-English Grafton, captured 13 May 1707) – Broken up 1744 Hampton Court 70...
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created the Duke of Burford in 1676. HMS Grafton was named for Henry Fitzroy, created the Duke of Grafton in 1675. HMS Northumberland was named for George...
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(1809–1898), British prime minister Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811) George Grenville (1712–1770), British prime minister William...
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(1837–1868) William Allen, 31 years (1900–1931) Richard Winwood, 30 years (1648–1679) Sir William Whitelock, 30 years (1659–1689) Sir Thomas Hanmer, 29 years...
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Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer) (category English MPs 1661–1679)
prepared together with a warrant to transfer the governorship to the Duke of Grafton, but Holmes either managed to avert prosecution or acquitted himself, for...
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of piracy although he is later reprieved. January 27 The crew of the ship HMS Welfare, commanded by John Strong, become the first European people to land...
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altogether. This situation described was further exacerbated by the disaster of HMS Captain in 1870, a poorly-designed new vessel for the navy. The responsibility...
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Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683) Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian...
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governed by Parliamentary Commissioners, and well into the Restoration. In 1679, a group of scholars killed a bailiff, ostensibly in defence of Abbey's traditional...
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composer and organist (d. 1711) September 28 – Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (d. 1690) October 3 – Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen, German philosopher...
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and industrialist (d. 1820) September 28 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1811) October 9 – Karl Wilhelm...
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