Alfred, Prince, duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900), duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, naval officer, and son of Queen Victoria, was born Alfred Ernest Albert at Windsor Castle on 6 August 1844, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. An extroverted child, his capacity for learning delighted his parents. They feared that the comparative academic weakness of his elder brother ...
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Alfred, Prince, duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900), duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, naval officer, and son of Queen Victoria
John Van der Kiste
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Andrewes, Sir William Gerrard (1899–1974), naval officer
Eric J. Grove
Andrewes, Sir William Gerrard (1899–1974), naval officer, was born on 3 November 1899 at Chilcomb rectory, St Giles Hill, Winchester, the second son of the Revd Canon Gerrard Thomas Andrewes, rector of the parish of Chilcomb, and his wife, Helen Louisa, daughter of ...
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Anson, George, Baron Anson (1697–1762), naval officer and politician
N. A. M. Rodger
Anson, George, Baron Anson (1697–1762), naval officer and politician, was born on 23 April 1697 at Colwich, Staffordshire, the second son of William Anson (d. 1720) and his wife, Isabella, daughter and coheir of Charles Carrier of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. As the younger son of a minor country gentleman, ...
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Ayscue, Sir George (c. 1615–1672), naval officer
J. D. Davies
Ayscue, Sir George (c. 1615–1672), naval officer, was the eldest son of William Ayscue (d. c.1632), originally of Lincoln, gentleman of the privy chamber to Charles I. The identity of his mother is uncertain. Ayscue was also a godson of George Abbot...
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Bacon, Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer (1863–1947), naval officer
A. B. Sainsbury
Bacon, Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer (1863–1947), naval officer, was born on 6 September 1863 at Wiggonholt rectory, Sussex, youngest of the eight children of the Revd Thomas Bacon and his wife, Emma Lavinia, daughter of George Shaw of Teignmouth. He entered the Royal Navy...
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Balchen, Sir John (1670–1744), naval officer
Daniel A. Baugh
Balchen, Sir John (1670–1744), naval officer, was born on 2 February 1670 at Godalming, Surrey, the fourth and only surviving child of John Balchin and Ann Edsur. His paternal forebears were yeoman landholders of long standing in the vicinity. (Although the name is commonly spelt ...
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Barker, Nicholas John (1933–1997), naval officer
John Winton
Barker, Nicholas John (1933–1997), naval officer, was born in Sliema, Malta, on 19 May 1933, the son of Lieutenant-Commander John Frederick Barker (c.1906–1940), naval officer, and his wife, Jillian, née Paget (d. 1943), artist. His father was killed in action off ...
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Beatty, David, first Earl Beatty (1871–1936), naval officer
Bryan Ranft
Beatty, David, first Earl Beatty (1871–1936), naval officer, was born on 17 January 1871 at Howbeck Lodge, Stapeley, Nantwich, Cheshire, the second of four sons of Captain David Longfield Beatty (1841–1904), of the 4th hussars, and his first wife, Katherine Edith (d...
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Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774–1857), naval officer and hydrographer
J. K. Laughton
revised by N. A. M. Rodger
Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774–1857), naval officer and hydrographer, was born on 27 May 1774 at Flower Hill, Navan, co. Meath, the second son of the Revd Daniel Augustus Beaufort (1739–1821), rector of Navan, a topographer and architect of some distinction, and his wife, ...
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Benbow, John (1653?–1702), naval officer
John B. Hattendorf
Benbow, John (1653
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Berkeley, Sir William (1639–1666), naval officer
J. D. Davies
Berkeley, Sir William (1639–1666), naval officer, was the third son of Charles Berkeley, second Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven (1599–1668) of Bruton, Somerset, treasurer of the household to Charles II, and his wife, Penelope Godolphin (d. 1689). William Berkeley became lieutenant of the ...
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Bligh, Sir Richard Rodney (1737–1821), naval officer
J. K. Laughton
revised by Madge Darby
Bligh, Sir Richard Rodney (1737–1821), naval officer, was the second son of Lieutenant Richard Bligh (b. 1713), naval officer, and his wife, Ann, née Page, and a third cousin of Vice-Admiral William Bligh. He was baptized in Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, on 8 November 1737, with ...
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Bligh, William (1754–1817), naval officer and colonial governor
Alan Frost
Bligh, William (1754–1817), naval officer and colonial governor, was born in Plymouth on 9 September 1754, the only son of Francis Bligh (1721–1780) and his wife, Jane Pearse, née Balsam (d. c.1770). The Bligh family had long resided at Tinten in ...
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Boscawen, Edward (1711–1761), naval officer and politician
Clive Wilkinson
Boscawen, Edward (1711–1761), naval officer and politician, was born on 19 August 1711, the third of five sons of Hugh Boscawen, first Viscount Falmouth (c. 1680–1734), politician and courtier, and Charlotte (d. 1754), eldest daughter of Charles Godfrey and his wife, Arabella...
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Broke, Sir Philip Bowes Vere, first baronet (1776–1841), naval officer
J. K. Laughton
revised by Andrew Lambert
Broke, Sir Philip Bowes Vere, first baronet (1776–1841), naval officer, was born at Broke Hall, near Ipswich, on 9 September 1776, the eldest son of Philip Bowes Broke (1749–1801) of Nacton, Suffolk, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 25 June 1822), daughter of ...
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Butler, Thomas, sixth earl of Ossory (1634–1680), politician and naval officer
J. D. Davies
Butler, Thomas, sixth earl of Ossory (1634–1680), politician and naval officer, was born at Kilkenny Castle on 8 July 1634, the eldest son of James Butler, twelfth earl of Ormond and fifth earl of Ossory, later first duke of Ormond (1610–1688), and his wife, ...
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Callaghan, Sir George Astley (1852–1920), naval officer
V. W. Baddeley
revised by Andrew Lambert
Callaghan, Sir George Astley (1852–1920), naval officer, was born in London on 21 December 1852, the third son of Captain Frederic Marcus Callaghan JP, of Lotabeg, co. Cork, and his wife, Georgina Frances, daughter of Captain James Hodgson, of the East India Company...
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Calthorpe, Sir Somerset Arthur Gough (1864–1937), naval officer
Paul G. Halpern
Calthorpe, Sir Somerset Arthur Gough (1864–1937), naval officer, was born in London on 23 December 1864, the second son of Lieutenant-General Somerset John Gough Calthorpe, seventh Baron Calthorpe (1831–1912) [see Calthorpe family], and his wife, Eliza Maria (d. 1919), daughter of ...
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Carden, Sir Sackville Hamilton (1857–1930), naval officer
Archibald Hurd
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Carden, Sir Sackville Hamilton (1857–1930), naval officer, the third son of Captain Andrew Carden, 60th rifles, and his first wife, Anne, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Sackville Hamilton Berkeley, was born at Templemore, co. Tipperary, on 3 May 1857. He entered the navy in 1870. He took part in the Egyptian and ...
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Churchill, George (bap. 1654, d. 1710), naval officer
John B. Hattendorf
Churchill, George (bap. 1654, d. 1710), naval officer, was born at Ashe House, Musbury, Devon, and baptized on 17 March 1654 at Musbury parish church, the third and second surviving son of Sir Winston Churchill (bap. 1620, d. 1688) and Elizabeth Drake (...
