Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley KB (c. 1690 – 1 January 1768) was a Royal Navy officer. He distinguished himself by his determination as commander...
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Royal Navy admiral Joshua Rowley (1734–1790), British Royal Navy vice admiral Josias Rowley (1765–1842), British Royal Navy admiral William Rowley (Royal...
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Navy officer) (1690–1768), Admiral of the Fleet in the British Royal Navy; Member of Parliament for Portsmouth Sir William Rowley, 2nd Baronet (1761–1832)...
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Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (redirect from Admiral Hawke)
respect for Hawke as an admiral, and pushed unsuccessfully for him to be given a place on the Admiralty board. Promoted to vice admiral on 26 May 1748, he...
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Sir William Rowley, admiral of the fleet, and widow of William Martin (d. 1766), naval officer. His half-brother was Sir George Martin, admiral of the...
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Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet (1734 – 1790) was a Royal Navy officer who was the fourth son of Admiral Sir William Rowley. Sir Joshua was...
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1786 for the naval commander Rear-Admiral Joshua Rowley. He was the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley. The 2nd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament...
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of the United Kingdom on 21 March 1836 for the naval commander Admiral Charles Rowley. He was the fourth son of the 1st Baronet of the 1786 creation....
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Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG (1765 – 10 January 1842), known as "The Sweeper of the Seas", was an Anglo-Irish naval officer who commanded...
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Admiral Rowley Lambert, CB (23 April 1828 – 22 July 1880) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. Born the son of Admiral Sir George Lambert, Rowley was...
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Parliament, in 1801, for the same constituency. Clotworthy Rowley was the son of Admiral Sir William Rowley and his wife Arabella, daughter of Captain George Dawson...
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Joshua Rowley (1734–1790), Royal Navy vice-admiral, uncle of Josias Rowley Josias Rowley (1765–1842), Anglo-Irish Royal Navy admiral Katie Rowley Jones...
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son of Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley and was a member of a notable naval dynasty. His grandfather was Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley, while his...
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William Rowley. His older brother, Josias Rowley, and his first cousin, Charles Rowley would also become Admirals in the Royal Navy. In 1785, Rowley attended...
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Samuel Rowley was a 17th-century English dramatist and actor. Rowley first appears in the historical record as an associate of Philip Henslowe in the...
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Admiral Sir Charles Rowley GCB GCH (16 December 1770 – 10 October 1845) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Rowley...
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Rodney (1771–74) Vice-Admiral Clark Gayton (1774–78) Vice-Admiral Peter Parker (1778–82) Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley (1782–83) Vice-Admiral James Gambier (1783–84)...
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Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet (redirect from Charles Cotton (British admiral))
Philadelphia Rowley, daughter of Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley 1st Bt, and granddaughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley. The Rowleys were already...
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Alan West, Baron West of Spithead (redirect from Admiral Sir Alan West)
Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC (born 21 April 1948) is a retired admiral of the Royal Navy and formerly, from June 2007...
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George Martin (Royal Navy officer) (redirect from Sir George Martin (admiral))
to the Rowley family, and the grandson of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley on his mother's side, and great-nephew of Admiral Sir William Martin...
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Tony Radakin (redirect from Admiral Radakin)
Admiral Sir Antony David Radakin, KCB, ADC (born 10 November 1965) is a senior Royal Navy officer. He was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional...
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John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (redirect from Admiral Jellicoe)
Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, DL, SGM (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer...
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John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (redirect from Admiral Sir John Fisher)
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher...
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George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (redirect from Admiral Anson)
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a British Royal Navy officer, politician and peer from the...
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Member of Parliament and High Sheriff. He was the eldest son of Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet and educated at Harrow School from 1774. He succeeded...
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David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (redirect from Admiral Beatty)
Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 – 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving...
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Samuel Sutton (category Royal Navy rear admirals)
and spent most of his early career serving with Captain and later Admiral Joshua Rowley. He saw action at several engagements with the French fleets in...
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February 1733 N.S. – 1743 Thomas Mathews 18 February 1743 – 1749 Sir William Rowley 4 July 1749 – 1763 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke 4 January 1763 – 5...
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Admiral Bertie, who collected a squadron of ships from those available at the Cape of Good Hope and placed them under the command of Commodore Rowley...
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Charles Gordon (Royal Navy officer) (redirect from Charles Gordon (admiral))
by the French frigate Vénus. Gordon was recaptured by Commodore Josias Rowley the following day and later took part in the capture of Île de France. This...
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