Admiral Sir William Penn

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Admiral Sir William Penn was a 17th-century English naval commander who rose to high rank in the Royal Navy and was the father of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.

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Admiral Sir William Penn canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Royal Navy ⓘ
birthDate 1621-04-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Bristol ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol ⓘ
child William Penn ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1670-09-16 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
era 17th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
fatherOf William Penn ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor being the father of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryConflict First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
monarchServed Charles II of England ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
name William Penn ⓘ
linked to: Sir William Penn
notableAchievement helped plan the Restoration navy of Charles II ⓘ
served as a senior commander in the Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
notableEvent imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1658 ⓘ
notableRelative William Penn ⓘ
notableWork The Navy Royal ⓘ
occupation naval commander ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ
Battle of Scheveningen ⓘ
Battle of the Gabbard ⓘ
patronOf William Penn ⓘ
positionHeld General at Sea ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Sandwich ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ⓘ
rankAchieved Vice-Admiral of England ⓘ
reasonForNotability high-ranking commander in the Royal Navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Tower Hill, London ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
spouse Margaret Jasper ⓘ

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Penn family → notableMember → Admiral Sir William Penn ⓘ
Penn family → hasAncestralHead → Admiral Sir William Penn ⓘ
Margaret Penn → relative → Admiral Sir William Penn ⓘ