Vice-Admiral John Benbow (10 March 1653 – 4 November 1702) was an English Royal Navy officer. He joined the Navy in 1678, seeing action against Barbary...
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John Benbow (1768–24 February 1855) was a Conservative politician who represented Dudley in the UK Parliament in the nineteenth century. He won his seat...
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John Benbow (c. 1681 – 17 November 1708) was an English traveller, who wrote an early account of Madagascar after running aground and being captured there...
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HMS Benbow was the third of four Iron Duke-class battleships of the Royal Navy, the third ship to be named in honour of Admiral John Benbow. Ordered in...
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Treasure Island (redirect from The Benbow Inn)
identifies himself as "The Captain" starts to lodge at the rural Admiral Benbow Inn on England's Bristol Channel. He tells the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins...
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HMS Benbow was a Victorian era Admiral-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named for Admiral John Benbow. Completed in 1888, Benbow spent the...
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Benbow, after Admiral John Benbow: HMS Benbow (1813) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, built...
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Action of August 1702 (section Benbow's squadron)
to 25 August 1702 O.S. between an English squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow and a French under Admiral Jean du Casse, off Cape Santa Marta on the...
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Beyfus The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election. Benbow's death caused a by-election. Hawkes resigned by accepting the office of...
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psychologist Edwin Benbow (1895–1918), Royal Flying Corps ace John Benbow (1653–1702), Royal Navy admiral Katie Benbow, singer Kay Benbow (1961–2024), British...
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family of tunes later used for "Sam Hall", "Captain Kidd", and "Admiral John Benbow", which according to Roy Palmer was first printed in 1714. The English...
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two active volcanic cones, Benbow and Marum (also spelled Maroum). Mount Benbow was named after English Admiral John Benbow (1653–1702) by Captain Cook...
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Camilla Persson Benbow is a Swedish-born (Scania) American educational psychologist and a university professor. She studies the education of intellectually...
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Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (d. 1694) 1653 – John Benbow, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1702) 1656 – Giacomo Serpotta, Italian Rococo...
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Dockyard. They subleased the house from John Benbow, who was at the time renting the house from John Evelyn. John Evelyn did not meet with Peter. The Russian...
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Fromes Hill by William Benbow, a recent English convert to Mormonism. Benbow introduced Woodruff to his brother John Benbow, who was a member of the...
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and 'Fresh Meat' John Benbow, Admiral of the White, born in Shrewsbury Joe Hart, born in Shrewsbury, Celtic and England goalkeeper John Mytton, 'Mad Jack'...
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service. In November he was assigned to a naval squadron under Commodore John Benbow, which was equipped with bomb vessels and fireships and was ordered to...
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Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1682–1702) (b. 1632) November 4 – John Benbow, English officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1653) November 5 – William Stanley...
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Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). p. 850. A portrait of John Benbow Esq. Admiral of the Fleet.engraved by William Henry Mote for Fisher's...
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Aviation twin-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B registered G-AJBO named "John Benbow" crashed into trees near Blackbushe Airport, located in Hampshire, England...
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Sailing ship tactics (section Sir John Clerk of Eldin)
such as Thomas Cochrane and even members of the working-class, such as John Benbow. The first recorded mention of the use of a line of battle tactic is...
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Iron Duke-class battleship (section Benbow)
as the flagship for the fleet commander, Admiral John Jellicoe. Three of the ships, Iron Duke, Benbow, and Marlborough, were present at the Battle of Jutland;...
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Vice-Admiral John Benbow, and in March 1702 Walton was appointed to command the 48-gun HMS Ruby. He then participated in the action of August 1702 under Benbow and...
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Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
County Down and widow of Sir William Brooke, Russell briefly attended St John's College, Cambridge and joined the Royal Navy in 1666. Promoted to lieutenant...
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Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) 1702 – John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653) 1704 – Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist...
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Preceded by John Benbow Member of Parliament for Dudley 1855–1857 Succeeded by Henry Brinsley Sheridan Preceded by Lord Robert Cecil John Inglis Member...
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admiral Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (1710–1741), Officer of the Royal Navy John Benbow (1653–1702), admiral George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800–1888)...
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Delaval (right), together with Thomas Phillips (left) and John Benbow (centre)....
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18 days, two of the most influential members of the United Brethren, John Benbow and Thomas Knighton, were baptised. 30 days later, Woodruff had baptised...
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