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Edward Boscawen, the Glossary

Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, PC (19 August 171110 January 1761) was a British admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall, England.^[1]

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18th-century English politicians
Boscawen family
British military personnel of the Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Truro
People of Father Le Loutre's War
Sailors from Cornwall

Action of 8 June 1755

The action of 8 June 1755 was a naval battle between France and Great Britain early in the French and Indian War.

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Admiral (Royal Navy)

Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank of admiral of the fleet.

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Admiral of the Blue

Admiral of the Blue was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Admiral of the White (see order of precedence below).

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An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment.

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Anchorage (maritime)

An anchorage is a location at sea where ships can lower anchors.

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Ancient borough

An ancient borough was a historic unit of lower-tier local government in England and Wales.

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Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)

The Anglo-Spanish War of 1727–1729 was a limited war that took place between Great Britain and Spain during the late 1720s, and consisted of a failed Spanish attempt to capture Gibraltar and an unsuccessful British Blockade of Porto Bello with a high British death toll.

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Arabella Churchill (royal mistress)

Arabella Churchill (23 February 1648 – 30 May 1730) was the mistress of King James II and VII, and the mother of four of his children (surnamed FitzJames, that is, "son of James").

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Ariyankuppam

Ariyankuppam (also known by its former name Ariancoupom) is a Town, Commune, Sub-Taluk, and Assembly Constituency in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Battle of Cartagena de Indias

The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (lit) took place during the 1739 to 1748 War of Jenkins' Ear between Spain and Great Britain.

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Battle of Lagos

The naval Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven Years' War.

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Battle of Minorca (1756)

The Battle of Minorca (20 May 1756) was a naval battle between French and British fleets.

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Battle of Porto Bello (1739)

The Battle of Porto Bello, or the Battle of Portobello, was a 1739 battle between a British naval force aiming to capture the settlement of Portobelo in Panama, and its Spanish defenders.

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Battle of the Plains of Abraham

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec (Bataille des Plaines d'Abraham, Première bataille de Québec), was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War to describe the North American theatre).

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Blue Stockings Society

The Blue Stockings Society was an informal women's social and educational movement in England in the mid-18th century that emphasised education and mutual cooperation.

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Board of Admiralty

The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission.

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Boscawen, New Hampshire

Boscawen is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Cape Ray

Cape Ray is a headland located at the southwestern extremity of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias, is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean sea.

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Cádiz

Cádiz is a city in Spain and the capital of the Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Channel Fleet

The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1854 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915.

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Charles Godfrey (courtier)

Colonel Charles Godfrey (1646 – 23 February 1714) was an English Army officer, courtier and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 22 years between 1689 and 1713.

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Charles Hamilton (MP)

Charles Hamilton (13 November 1704 – 18 September 1786), styled The Honourable from birth, was a British politician. Edward Boscawen and Charles Hamilton (MP) are British MPs 1741–1747 and members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Truro.

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Charles Wager

Admiral Sir Charles Wager (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was an English Royal Navy officer and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. Edward Boscawen and Charles Wager are British MPs 1741–1747, British military personnel of the Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729), lords of the Admiralty, members of the Privy Council of Great Britain and Royal Navy admirals.

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Coloured squadrons of the Royal Navy

The Coloured Squadrons of the Royal Navy were first introduced in the Tudor Period during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603).

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Commander-in-Chief, India

During the period of the Company and Crown rule in India, the Commander-in-Chief, India (often "Commander-in-Chief in or of India") was the supreme commander of the Indian Army from 1833 to 1947.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Cuddalore

Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur, is an heavy industries hub and a port city, and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Dysentery

Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.

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East Indiaman

East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries.

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East Indies Station

The East Indies Station was a formation and command of the British Royal Navy.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth

Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth (10 May 1787 – 29 December 1841), known as the Viscount Falmouth between 1808 and 1821, was a British peer and politician. Edward Boscawen and Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth are Boscawen family.

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Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, (21 February 1705 – 17 October 1781), of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Saxton with Scarthingwell, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was a Royal Navy officer. Edward Boscawen and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke are British MPs 1747–1754, British MPs 1754–1761, lords of the Admiralty, members of the Privy Council of Great Britain, Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War and Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Edward Vernon

Admiral Edward Vernon (12 November 1684 – 30 October 1757) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Edward Boscawen and Edward Vernon are British MPs 1741–1747, British MPs 1747–1754, British MPs 1754–1761 and Royal Navy admirals.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

The First Battle of Cape Finisterre (14 May 1747) was waged during the War of the Austrian Succession.

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First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff

The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is a statutory position in the British Armed Forces usually held by an admiral. Edward Boscawen and First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff are lords of the Admiralty.

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Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag.

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Fort St. David

Fort St David, now in ruins, was a British fort in the town of Cuddalore, a hundred miles south of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast of India.

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Frances Boscawen

Frances Evelyn "Fanny" Boscawen (née Glanville; 23 July 1719 – 26 February 1805) was an English literary hostess, correspondent and member of the Blue Stockings Society.

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Francis Hosier

Vice Admiral Francis Hosier (1673–1727) was a British naval officer. Edward Boscawen and Francis Hosier are British military personnel of the Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729).

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Freedom of the City

The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.

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French ship Alcide (1743)

Alcide was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1742.

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French ship Dauphin Royal (1735)

Dauphin Royal was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Royal French Royal Navy, designed in 1735 by Blaise Ollivier and constructed in 1735 to 1740 at Brest Dockyard.

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Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

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Gaston Pierre de Lévis

Gaston-Pierre-Charles de Lévis-Lomagne, duc de Mirepoix (1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and Ambassador of Louis XV, was a French aristocrat.

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George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a British Royal Navy officer, politician and peer from the Anson family. Edward Boscawen and George Anson, 1st Baron Anson are British MPs 1741–1747, lords of the Admiralty, members of the Privy Council of Great Britain, Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War and Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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George Boscawen (British Army general)

Lieutenant-General Hon. Edward Boscawen and George Boscawen (British Army general) are Boscawen family, British MPs 1741–1747, British MPs 1747–1754, British MPs 1754–1761, members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Truro and Younger sons of viscounts.

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George Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth

George Henry Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth (8 July 1811 – 29 August 1852), styled Lord Boscawen-Rose between 1821 and 1841, was a British peer and politician. Edward Boscawen and George Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth are Boscawen family.

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George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth

George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth, PC (6 May 1758 – 11 February 1808), was a British army officer and statesman in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Edward Boscawen and George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth are Boscawen family and members of the Privy Council of Great Britain.

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George II of Great Britain

George II (George Augustus; Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760. Edward Boscawen and George II of Great Britain are members of the Privy Council of Great Britain.

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George Walker (privateer)

George Walker (died 1777) was an English privateer active against French shipping.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).

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Governor

A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative.

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Guard ship

A guard ship is a warship assigned as a stationary guard in a port or harbour, as opposed to a coastal patrol boat, which serves its protective role at sea.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.

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Hatchlands Park

Hatchlands Park is a red-brick country house with surrounding gardens in East Clandon, Surrey, England, covering 170 hectares (430 acres).

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Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort

Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (16 October 1744 – 11 October 1803) was an English courtier and politician.

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HMS Expedition (1679)

HMS Expedition was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line built at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1677/79. She was in active commission during the War of the English Succession participating in the battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699. Again, for the War of Spanish Succession she was in commission for the operation at Cadiz then returned to England where she sat for two years.

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Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth (pronounced "Boscowen") (ca. 1680 – 25 October 1734), was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for Cornish constituencies from 1702 until 1720 when he was raised to the peerage. Edward Boscawen and Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth are Boscawen family, members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Truro and members of the Privy Council of Great Britain.

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Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet

Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil du Bousquet (14 November 1665, in château du Bousquet, Montpeyroux, Rouergue – 8/9 March 1744) was a French Navy admiral.

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Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière

Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière (18 April 1685 – 17 March 1752) was a French admiral who was appointed as Governor General of New France, where he served from 1 March 1749 until his death in 1752.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

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James Hammond (22 May 1710 – 7 June 1742) was an English poet and politician. Edward Boscawen and James Hammond (author) are British MPs 1741–1747 and members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Truro.

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James Wolfe

James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec.

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Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran

Jean-François de Sabran, comte de La Clue (known as "La Clue-Sabran"; 30 September 1696 – 4 October 1764) was a French naval officer best known for his command of the French fleet in the Mediterranean Sea during the Seven Years' War.

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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army.

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John Byng

Admiral John Byng (baptised 29 October 1704 – 14 March 1757) was a British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad. Edward Boscawen and John Byng are British MPs 1747–1754, British MPs 1754–1761, Royal Navy admirals, Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War and Younger sons of viscounts.

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman.

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John Forbes (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 July 1714 – 10 March 1796), styled The Honourable from 1734, was a Royal Navy officer. Edward Boscawen and John Forbes (Royal Navy officer) are lords of the Admiralty.

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John Leveson-Gower (Royal Navy officer)

Rear-Admiral John Leveson-Gower (11 July 1740 – 15 August 1792) was a Royal Navy officer and politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Edward Boscawen and John Leveson-Gower (Royal Navy officer) are lords of the Admiralty and Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War.

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John Michael Rysbrack

Johannes Michel or John Michael Rysbrack, original name Jan Michiel Rijsbrack, often referred to simply as Michael Rysbrack (24 June 1694 – 8 January 1770), was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor, who spent most of his career in England where he was one of the foremost sculptors of monuments, architectural decorations and portraits in the first half of the 18th century.

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John Norris (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris (1670 or 167113 June 1749) was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. Edward Boscawen and John Norris (Royal Navy officer) are British MPs 1741–1747, British MPs 1747–1754, lords of the Admiralty, members of the Privy Council of Great Britain and Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Joseph François Dupleix

Joseph Marquis Dupleix (23 January 1697 – 10 November 1763) was Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive.

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Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits.

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Lagos, Portugal

Lagos (literally "lakes"; from Lacobriga) is a city and municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal.

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Lieutenant (navy)

LieutenantThe pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between,, generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and,, generally associated with the United States.

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List of lords commissioners of the Admiralty

This is a list of lords commissioners of the Admiralty (incomplete before the Restoration, 1660). Edward Boscawen and list of lords commissioners of the Admiralty are lords of the Admiralty.

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Livorno

Livorno is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region, Italy.

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Lord Aubrey Beauclerk

Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (c. 1710 – 22 March 1741) was an officer of the Royal Navy. Edward Boscawen and Lord Aubrey Beauclerk are Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Man-of-war

In Royal Navy jargon, a man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or simply man) was a powerful warship or frigate of the 16th to the 19th century, that was frequently used in Europe.

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Mauritius

Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.

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Mediterranean Fleet

The British Mediterranean Fleet, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was a formation of the Royal Navy.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Military engineering

Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications.

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Monsoon

A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.

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Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour.

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Newfoundland (island)

Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large island within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Nore

The Nore is a long bank of sand and silt running along the south-centre of the final narrowing of the Thames Estuary, England.

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North America and West Indies Station

The North America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745 to 1956, with main bases at the Imperial fortresses of Bermuda and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.

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Patriotism

Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and a sense of attachment to a country or state.

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Planned French invasion of Britain (1744)

An invasion of Great Britain was planned by France in 1744 shortly after the declaration of war between them as part of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Planned French invasion of Britain (1759)

A French invasion of Great Britain was planned to take place in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, but due to various factors (including naval defeats at the Battle of Lagos and the Battle of Quiberon Bay) was never launched.

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Port Royal

Port Royal is a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica.

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Portobelo, Colón

Portobelo (Modern Spanish: "Puerto Bello" ("beautiful port"), historically in Portuguese: Porto Belo) is a historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government.

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Privy Council (United Kingdom)

The Privy Council (formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council) is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Prize money

Prize money refers in particular to naval prize money, usually arising in naval warfare, but also in other circumstances.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Puducherry district

The Puducherry district, also known by its former name Pondicherry district, is one of the four districts of the union territory of Puducherry in South India.

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Quiberon Bay

Quiberon Bay (Baie de Quiberon,; Bae Kiberen) is an area of sheltered water on the south coast of Brittany.

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Razee

A razee or razée is a sailing ship that has been cut down (razeed) to reduce the number of decks.

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Robert Adam

Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer.

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Robert Clive

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Edward Boscawen and Robert Clive are British MPs 1754–1761.

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Robert Walpole

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742. Edward Boscawen and Robert Walpole are British MPs 1741–1747, lords of the Admiralty and members of the Privy Council of Great Britain.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Rule, Britannia!

"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song, originating from the 1740 poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson and set to music by Thomas Arne in the same year.

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Saltash (UK Parliament constituency)

Saltash, sometimes called Essa, was a "rotten borough" in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1552 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

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Scurvy

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century.

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Siege of Louisbourg (1758)

The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led to the subsequent British campaign to capture Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year.

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Siege of Pondicherry (1748)

The siege of Pondicherry (August – October 1748) was conducted by British forces against a French East India Company garrison under the command of Governor-General Joseph François Dupleix at the Indian port of Pondicherry.

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Silesia

Silesia (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet

Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet (c. 1704 – 9 December 1777) was a British naval officer who served in the Royal Navy, seeing service during the War of Jenkins' Ear, the wider War of the Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years' War. Edward Boscawen and Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet are Royal Navy admirals, Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War and Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Sixth-rate

In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and sometimes without.

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St Michael Penkevil

St Michael Penkivel (Pennkevyl), sometimes spelt St Michael Penkevil, is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Stone frigate

A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land.

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Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.

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Striking the colors

Striking the colors—meaning lowering the flag (the "colors") that signifies a ship's or garrison's allegiance—is a universally recognized indication of surrender, particularly for ships at sea.

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Stringer Lawrence

Major-General Stringer Lawrence (February 1698 – 10 January 1775) was a British military officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of Fort William from 1748 to 1754.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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The Honourable

The Honourable (Commonwealth English) or The Honorable (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: Hon., Hon'ble, or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Toulon

Toulon (Tolon, Touloun) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base.

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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)

The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen.

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Treaty of Seville

The Treaty of Seville was signed on 9 November 1729 between Britain, France, and Spain, formally ending the 1727–1729 Anglo-Spanish War; the Dutch Republic joined the Treaty on 29 November.

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Tregothnan

Tregothnan is a country house and estate near the village of St Michael Penkivel, southeast of Truro, Cornwall, England, which has for many centuries been a possession of the Boscawens. Edward Boscawen and Tregothnan are Boscawen family.

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Truro

Truro (Cornish Standard Written Form) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Truro (UK Parliament constituency)

Truro was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of England and later of Great Britain from 1295 until 1800, then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918 and finally from 1950 to 1997.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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Vice admiral

Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal.

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War of Jenkins' Ear

The War of Jenkins' Ear (lit) was a conflict lasting from 1739 to 1748 between Britain and Spain.

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War of the Austrian Succession

The War of the Austrian Succession was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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William Martin (Royal Navy officer)

William Martin (– 17 September 1756) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Spanish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession. Edward Boscawen and William Martin (Royal Navy officer) are Royal Navy admirals and Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 170811 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Edward Boscawen and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham are British MPs 1741–1747, British MPs 1747–1754, British MPs 1754–1761 and members of the Privy Council of Great Britain.

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William Rowley (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley KB (c. 1690 – 1 January 1768) was a Royal Navy officer. Edward Boscawen and William Rowley (Royal Navy officer) are British MPs 1747–1754, British MPs 1754–1761, lords of the Admiralty and Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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1741 British general election

The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.

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1747 British general election

The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.

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1757 caretaker ministry

The Kingdom of Great Britain was governed by a caretaker government in April–June 1757, after the King's dismissal of William Pitt led to the collapse of the Pitt–Devonshire ministry amid the Seven Years' War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Boscawen

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