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Born March 10, 1653
Died November 4, 1702 (aged 49) • Port Royal • Jamaica
Role In War of the Grand Alliance • War of the Spanish Succession

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Benbow, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1701; in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
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Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, 1602; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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