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    Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c. November 1650 – 22 or 23 October 1707) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action...
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    support, led by the Commander-in-Chief of the British Fleets, Sir Cloudesley Shovell. The ships sailed to the Mediterranean, attacked Toulon and managed...
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    the coal labourers who visited the nearby Coal Hole or Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. The two former terrace houses were built in 1731–33, but later refaced...
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    married Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Narborough served as cabin boy to Christopher Myngs and his later cabin boy was Cloudesley Shovell. Narborough was...
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    He came from a Norfolk family and was a relative of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Samuel Pepys' story of Myngs' humble birth, in explanation of his...
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    Lérins were occupied by the English navy, under the command of Sir Cloudesley Shovell. This was done in order to block the military port of Toulon to help...
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    Arthur Cloudesley Shovell Hughes D'Aeth; his obituary in The Times (Saturday, 25 Augusut 1956, pg. 11; Issue 53619) gives his name as Arthur Cloudesley Shovel...
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  • officer Cloudesley Brereton Sharpe (1904–1993), English first-class cricketer Cloudesley Shovell (1650–1707), English Royal Navy officer Cloudesley Square...
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    Public Library. In 1693, Delaval, along with Henry Killigrew and Cloudesley Shovell replaced Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford as commander-in-chief...
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  • Leader of the Moles (PC). The name is a pun on that of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Cloudbirth: Centaur, famous healer (SC) Coalblack: Horse of Prince...
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    of an English squadron under Cloudesley Shovell had put the Allies on a numerical parity with the French. Rooke met Shovell on 27 June off Lagos. Peter...
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    back to England. Association served as the flagship of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell in the Mediterranean during the War of the Spanish Succession. Her...
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    Dockyard as a 90-gun second rate. In 1707, she belonged to Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet. Under the command of Captain James Lord Dursley, she saw action...
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    Retrieved 7 January 2019. Harrison, Simon (2010–2018). "Sir Cloudisley Shovell (1650–1707)". threedecks.org. S. Harrison. Retrieved 7 January 2019. "The...
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  • such as the Scilly naval disaster of 1707 which took Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and four ships of his fleet, the British government established the...
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    Castle(1703), Goodwin Sands, UK, and the Link with the Last Voyage of Sir Cloudesley Shovell in 1707". International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 39 (1): 172–181...
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    2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) "Shovell, Sir Cloudesley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford...
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    in the Isles of Scilly, because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and at least 1,450 sailors all drown. October 23 – The Parliament...
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    Cresheld Draper in 1694, his heirs sold all the properties to Sir Cloudesley Shovell'. Crayford Manor House was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, at the...
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    officers' uniforms of the early 18th century, as worn by Admiral Cloudesley Shovell, were based on contemporary civilian patterns and usually included...
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    Pointis at the Battle of Cabrita Point. Leake also served under Sir Cloudesley Shovell and the Earl of Peterborough at the siege of Barcelona and was present...
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  • Andrew Bell James Kendall Sir Paul Methuen Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell Dame Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth...
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    Brydges, (C) Sir, Richard Hill, (C) Hon: Henry Paget, (C) Admiral, Cloudesley Shovell, (N). George Clarke, and Josiah Burchett (joint Secretaries to the...
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    the Austrian Archduke Charles. The fleet carrying them, under Sir Cloudesley Shovell arrived off Barcelona on 16 August. The city's defences had recently...
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    At 13:00, a change in the wind allowed Rear Admiral of the Red Sir Cloudesley Shovell to break the French line and the Dutch to start enveloping the French...
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    magnificent plaster ceilings, which were given in 1695 by Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, who was the Member of Parliament for the City of Rochester at the...
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    of notable people at St Luke's include that of Anne Shovell, granddaughter of Sir Cloudesley Shovell, to John Blackwood on 28 July 1726. Among the people...
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    naval advisor, hoped would neutralize the French Toulon squadron. Sir Cloudesley Shovell remained in the Irish Sea but his squadron was much too small to stop...
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    capsized, with at least 1,450 dead, including the commanding admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. There is evidence of inundation by the tsunami caused by the 1755...
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    Admiral Cloudesley Shovell in the Mediterranean. The ship was present at the capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Málaga. In December, with Shovell, he...
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