Admiral Clark Gayton (1712 – 5 March 1785) was an admiral in the British Royal Navy serving in the American Revolutionary War and in the West Indies before...
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folklorist and museum curator Clark Gayton, American musician Clark Gayton (1712–1785), British Royal Navy Officer Edmund Gayton (1608–1666), English academic...
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Admiral Peter Rainier (24 November 1741 – 7 April 1808) was a Royal Navy officer who served during the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War...
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The rank of admiral is currently the highest rank to which an officer in the Royal Navy can be promoted, admiral of the fleet being used nowadays only...
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Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet (redirect from Peter Parker (Royal Navy))
Peter Parker, 1st Baronet (1721 – 21 December 1811) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he was deployed with a squadron under Admiral Edward Vernon...
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Forrest (1769–70) N Rear-Admiral George Rodney (1771–74) Vice-Admiral Clark Gayton (1774–78) Vice-Admiral Peter Parker (1778–82) Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley...
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Siege of Louisbourg (1745) (section Royal Navy)
James Douglas (Vigilant, 64 guns) – Former prize taken 18 May Captain Clark Gayton (Bien Aime, 30 guns) – former prize Captain Britt (Sunderland, 60 guns)...
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DSC, Royal Navy. Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Frederick Bird, P/J.18522. Chief Petty Officer John Brearley, D/J.83828. Chief Petty Officer John Christie...
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George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
last King's letter boys to join the Royal Navy, having been appointed, by warrant dated 21 June 1732, a junior officer on board Sunderland. After serving...
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Catering Officer, Royal Navy. Sub-Lieutenant James Duncan Gordon Davidson, Royal Navy. Mr. Horace Benjamin Banford, Commissioned Boatswain, Royal Navy. Acting...
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