Cloudesley Shovell
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Death | 317 years ago |
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Born | Cockthorpe |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | October 22,1707 |
Died | Isles Of Scilly |
Spouse | Elizabeth Hill |
Battles and wars | Third Anglo-Dutch War |
Battle of Solebay | |
Job | Naval Officer |
Date of birth | January 1,1650 |
Place of burial | Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom |
Grandchildren | Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney |
Children | Elizabeth Shovell |
Anne Shovell | |
unknown daughter Shovel | |
Anne Shovel | |
Parents | Anne Jenkinson |
John Shovell, of Cockthorpe | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 565207 |
Cloudesley Shovell Life story
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and then at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain he fought at the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland.