George Rodney
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Article abstract: Utilizing both family connections and his own ability, Rodney advanced during this century of interest and place to the post of admiral, while leading England to naval victories during the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution.
Early Life
George Brydges Rodney was probably born in January, 1718; he was baptized in the church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields in Middlesex, on February 13. His father, Harry Rodney, a retired army captain from an old landed family, settled at Walton-on-Thames after 1715. He married Mary Newton, the...
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