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1686 ca1720s-17611761, Jul 10
a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle he served as a naval captain during the 1720s and 1730s. Clinton went on to be Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland, Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet and then Governor of the Province of New York where he had to deal with the threat of a French attack during King George's War. He could not cope with the liberal politicians of the New York assembly who were led by James De Lancey and resigned in 1753.
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George Clinton [1]1686 ca1720
 
17611761, Jul 10
Conajee Angria1669, Aug1698
 
17291729, Jul 4
 the first notable chief of the Maratha Navy in 18th century India. He fought against the British,...
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 a Danish born explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He is known for hi...
John Atkins16851703
 
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Edward Vernon1684, Nov 121700
 
17461757, Oct 30
 a British naval officer. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral af...
Edward Peytonunknown1707
 
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 an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession and took part i...
John Morgan [2]unknown1748
 
 
17481749, Jul 14
 Part of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship Chesterfield, second lieutenant of marines, shot at...
James Cook1728, Nov 71755
 
17791779, Feb 14
 a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed ma...
Louis Guillouet1708, Mar 261723
 
17831792
 a French admiral. In 1777, France began assisting the American colonies in their fight for indepe...
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 an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence. Du...
Ashley Bowen1728, Jan 81741
 
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 the first American sailor to write an autobiography. Although Bowen's career as a sailor was not ...
Louis Antoine de Bougainville1729, Nov 121753
 
18111811, Aug 31
 a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in...
Albemarle Bertie1755, Jan 201760
 
18121824, Feb 24
 a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive ...
Sir John Duckworth1748, Feb 91759
 
18171817, Aug 31
 an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independen...
Joshua Barneyunknown1759
 
1818unknown
 an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He late...
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