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George Darby, the Glossary

Vice Admiral George Darby (c.1720 – 1790) was a Royal Navy officer.^[1]

45 relations: Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, American Revolutionary War, Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, Battle of Ushant (1778), Board of Admiralty, Channel Fleet, County Offaly, First Lord of the Admiralty, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Fourth-rate, George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, George Romney (painter), Gibraltar, Great Siege of Gibraltar, Hampshire, HMS Aldborough (1743), HMS Devonshire (1745), HMS Norwich (1745), HMS Seahorse (1748), Hugh Palliser, Invasion of Martinique (1762), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Leap Castle, Matthew Darby-Griffith, Member of parliament, National Maritime Museum, Newtown, Hampshire, North ministry, Padworth College, Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency), Post-captain, Rear admiral (Royal Navy), Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, Richard Jackson (colonial agent), Robert Man, Royal Navy, Scampston Hall, Seven Years' War, Sir Robert Harland, 1st Baronet, Sir William St Quintin, 4th Baronet, Sixth-rate, Sunbury-on-Thames, Third-rate, Vice-admiral (Royal Navy), Western Squadron.
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Plymouth
Military personnel from County Offaly

Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 17262 May 1814), of Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. George Darby and Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport are Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC (25 April 17252 October 1786) was a British Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ships, including the fourth-rate, during the War of the Austrian Succession. He went on to serve as Commodore on the North American Station and then Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station during the Seven Years' War. George Darby and Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel are British MPs 1780–1784, Lords of the Admiralty, Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War and Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War.

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Battle of Ushant (1778)

The Battle of Ushant (also called the First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778, and was fought during the American Revolutionary War between French and British fleets west of Ushant, an island at the mouth of the English Channel off the westernmost point of France.

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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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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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County Offaly

County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland.

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First Lord of the Admiralty

The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal Navy.

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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. George Darby and First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff are Lords of the Admiralty.

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Fourth-rate

In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'.

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George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB (bap. 13 February 1718 – 24 May 1792), was a British naval officer. George Darby and George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney are British MPs 1780–1784, Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War and Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War.

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George Romney (painter)

George Romney (– 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter.

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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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Great Siege of Gibraltar

The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American Revolutionary War.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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HMS Aldborough (1743)

HMS Aldborough was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1743 and in service in Atlantic and Caribbean waters until 1749.

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HMS Devonshire (1745)

HMS Devonshire was a 66-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions laid out in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 19 July 1745.

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HMS Norwich (1745)

HMS Norwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Blackwall Yard, and launched on 4 July 1745.

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HMS Seahorse (1748)

HMS Seahorse was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1748.

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Hugh Palliser

Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (26 February 1723 – 19 March 1796) was a Royal Navy officer. George Darby and Hugh Palliser are British MPs 1780–1784, Lords of the Admiralty, Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War and Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War.

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Invasion of Martinique (1762)

The British expedition against Martinique was a military action that took place in January and February 1762.

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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten. George Darby and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich are Lords of the Admiralty.

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Leap Castle

Leap Castle (Caisleán Léim Uí Bhánáin) is a castle in Coolderry, County Offaly, Ireland, about north of the town of Roscrea and south of Kinnitty on the R421.

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Matthew Darby-Griffith

Matthew Chitty Darby, later Darby-Griffith, (1772 Newtown, Hampshire –1823) was a British soldier and Major-General.

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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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National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London.

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Newtown, Hampshire

Newtown is a village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire, about south of Newbury, Berkshire.

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North ministry

Frederick North, Lord North was appointed to lead the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain by King George III from 1770 to 1782.

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Padworth College

Padworth College is a co-educational private senior school in Padworth, Berkshire.

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Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Plymouth was a parliamentary borough in Devon, which elected two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons in 1298 and again from 1442 until 1918, when the borough was merged with the neighbouring Devonport and the combined area divided into three single-member constituencies.

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Post-captain

Post-captain, post captain, or postcaptain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.

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Rear admiral (Royal Navy)

Rear admiral (RAdm) is a flag officer rank of the Royal Navy.

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Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom

Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is a now honorary office generally held by a senior (possibly retired) Royal Navy admiral, though the current incumbent is a retired Royal Marine General.

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Richard Jackson (colonial agent)

Richard Jackson, KC (c. 1721 – 6 May 1787), nicknamed "Omniscient Jackson", was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1762 to 1784. George Darby and Richard Jackson (colonial agent) are 1720s births and British MPs 1780–1784.

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Robert Man

Admiral Robert Man (1721–1783) was a Royal Navy officer. George Darby and Robert Man are Lords of the Admiralty.

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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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Scampston Hall

Scampston Hall is a Grade II* listed country house in North Yorkshire, England, with a serpentine park designed by Charles Bridgeman and Capability Brown.

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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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Sir Robert Harland, 1st Baronet

Admiral Sir Robert Harland, 1st Baronet (ca. 1715 – 21 February 1784) was a Royal Navy officer. George Darby and Sir Robert Harland, 1st Baronet are Lords of the Admiralty, Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War and Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War.

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Sir William St Quintin, 4th Baronet

Sir William St Quintin, 4th Baronet (c. 1700 – 9 May 1770), of Harpham and Scampston in Yorkshire, was an English landowner and member of parliament.

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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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References

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

Also known as Admiral Darby, Darby, George, Vice-Admiral George Darby.

George Darby, the Glossary

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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Plymouth

Military personnel from County Offaly

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