• Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker (1656 or 1666 – 1725 or 1728) was a British naval officer noted for, during Queen Anne's War, having led an abortive...
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  • can also be used as a given name: Hovenden Hely (1823–1872), Australian explorer and politician Sir Hovenden Walker (1656/66–1725/28), British naval officer...
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  • Canadian painter Hoss Walker (1904–1984), American baseball player Hovenden Walker (1656–1728), British naval officer Hub Walker (1906–1982), American...
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    policy, emphasizing strength at sea. The expedition's leaders, Admiral Hovenden Walker and Brigadier-General John Hill, were chosen for their politics and...
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    ships of the line and transports carrying 5,000 troops led by Admiral Hovenden Walker arrived at Boston in June, doubling the town's population and greatly...
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    Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, after bad weather had sunk a British fleet commanded by Hovenden Walker. The church was largely destroyed by the British bombardment that preceded...
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    Lake Walker. As of May 2019 the project was stalled for lack of funding. It is named for Hovenden Walker, and gives its name to the Lac-Walker unorganized...
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    and obey his orders until he was shouted down by Rear Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker, who had thrown in with the putschists. At Granville Bastion, Col....
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    Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality. The eponymous Lake Walker, named after Hovenden Walker, is about 33 kilometres (21 mi) long and has steep rock walls...
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    Military offices Preceded by Vacant (Last held by Sir Hovenden Walker) Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station 1720 Succeeded by Vacant (Next held by Francis...
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    island's reefs witnessed the sinking of the Walker expedition, in which 900 of Admiral Hovenden Walker's 12,000 men perished, putting an end to the British...
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    labour, and ward off the dangers of teething when worn by the child. Hovenden Walker was the son of Peter Chamberlen's daughter Elizabeth. Sabbath in Christianity...
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  • down the White House, during the War of 1812 (as major-general) Sir Hovenden Walker (1656/1666–1725/1728), Royal Navy officer Lenny Abrahamson, Oscar-nominated...
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    Lahontan defended the French port. In 1711, the British Rear-Admiral Hovenden Walker considered attacking the French at Placentia with a Royal Navy fleet...
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    the French squadron. Seven captains made up the rest of the court: Hovenden Walker, Henry Lumley, Stephen Martin, Thomas Meads, Henry Gore, Charles Stewart...
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    an English expeditionary force, led by Christopher Codrington and Hovenden Walker, lands at Basse-Terre and attempts to take over the French-held island...
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    in it, is no longer known. In 1711, a British fleet under Admiral Hovenden Walker arrived in Boston with the intention of attacking Quebec City. Eastman...
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  • by subsequent editors. The first published English translation, by Hovenden Walker, was titled The Impotent Lover: Accurately Described in Six Elegies...
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  • Martinique St. Christophe On 19 March 1703 an English invasion fleet under Hovenden Walker and Christopher Codrington was sighted off the south of Guadeloupe...
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  • an English expeditionary force, led by Christopher Codrington and Hovenden Walker, lands at Basse-Terre and attempts to take over the French-held island...
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    was under Captain J. Manston while refitting in July 1694. Captain Hovenden Walker took command in 1695 for defence of a convoy in the English Channel...
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    HMS Montagu in September 1710. He sailed with the fleet under Sir Hovenden Walker to attack Quebec City. During the voyage Walton and the Montagu captured...
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  • Wager Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station 1710–1712 Succeeded by Sir Hovenden Walker Parliament of Great Britain Preceded by George St Lo Charles Churchill...
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  • the capital of French Acadia. The next year he served in Admiral Hovenden Walker's disastrous expedition to Quebec. He impressed General John Hill, the...
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  • from Virginia for the operation under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker. She was to join the operation at Gaspe, however, her sailing with...
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  • in thirty transports escorted by ten ships of the line under Sir Hovenden Walker, embarked for Quebec, but eight transports with 800 men were wrecked...
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    France, Quebec. The resulting naval expedition was led by Admiral Hovenden Walker, and Nicholson led an associated land expedition that retraced the...
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  • McLean, Francois du Creux, Gabriel Sagard, Sieur de Dièreville, Sir Hovenden Walker, Alexander Begg, Alexander Henry, John Palliser, John Franklin, Gabriel...
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  • May 1702, she was commissioned in 1702 under the command of Captain Hovenden Walker. She sailed with Admiral Sir George Rooke’s Fleet on 19 July for operations...
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    return to England. He joined the fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker at Boston in summer 1711, after which he escorted a convoy to New York...
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