George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth

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Born	1647 or 1648
Died	October 25, 1691 • London • England
Role In	Glorious Revolution

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich

English admiral

Sir William Penn

British admiral

Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.

Horatio Nelson

British naval commander

Sir Francis Drake

English admiral

William III

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

William Bligh

English admiral

John Dudley, duke of Northumberland

English politician and soldier

Thomas Osborne, 1st duke of Leeds

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Robert Blake

British admiral

Richard Howe, Earl Howe

British admiral

Sir John Hawkins

English naval commander

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

British admiral

Charles Talbot, duke and 12th earl of Shrewsbury

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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

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Henry Bennet, 1st earl of Arlington

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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

British admiral

Mary II

queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham

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Augustus Keppel

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Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour

English admiral

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