Sir George Rooke

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Sir George Rooke was a prominent English admiral of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, noted for his leadership in major naval engagements during the Nine Years’ War and the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Sir George Rooke canonical 2
Rooke, Sir George 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English admiral ⓘ
Royal Navy officer ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
awardReceived Knight of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul’s Church, Canterbury ⓘ
child George Rooke Jr. ⓘ
commanded Anglo-Dutch fleet at the Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
Anglo-Dutch fleet at the capture of Gibraltar ⓘ
English squadron at the Battle of La Hogue ⓘ
conflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1650-07-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1709-01-24 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ
monarchServed Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
name George Rooke ⓘ
notableFor destroying the Franco-Spanish treasure fleet at Vigo Bay in 1702 ⓘ
leading the Anglo-Dutch fleet that captured Gibraltar in 1704 ⓘ
service as an English admiral in the Nine Years’ War and the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
notableWork Battle of La Hogue ⓘ
Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
Capture of Gibraltar ⓘ
occupation naval officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Bantry Bay ⓘ
Battle of Barfleur ⓘ
Battle of Beachy Head (1690) ⓘ
Battle of La Hogue ⓘ
Battle of Vigo Bay ⓘ
Capture of Gibraltar (1704) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canterbury ⓘ
England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
placeOfDeath Canterbury ⓘ
England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Portsmouth ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Rochester ⓘ
residence Canterbury ⓘ
serviceEnd 1708 ⓘ
serviceStart 1672 ⓘ
spouse Catherine Knatchbull ⓘ
Mary Howe ⓘ
Mary Luttrell ⓘ
wasKnighted 1693 ⓘ

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Battle of Lagos (1693) → commander → Sir George Rooke ⓘ
Battle of Lagos (1693) → opponentCommander → Sir George Rooke ⓘ
Battle of La Hougue → commander → Rooke, Sir George ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Rooke