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Rodney [ˈrɒdnɪ] n (Biographies / Rodney, George Brydges, 1st Baron (1719-1792) M, English, MILITARY: admiral) George Brydges, 1st Baron Rodney. 1719-92, English admiral: captured Martinique (1762): defeated the Spanish at Cape St Vincent (1780) and the French under Admiral de Grasse off Dominica (1782), restoring British superiority in the Caribbean How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Katharine Hilbery is coming, by the way, so William Rodney told me. That is Rear-Admiral Baskerville, who served under Rodney in the West Indies. With the yew bow and cloth-yard shaft at Cressy and Agincourt--with the brown bill and pike under the brave Lord Willoughby--with culverin and demi-culverin against Spaniards and Dutchmen--with hand-grenade and sabre, and musket and bayonet, under Rodney and St. |
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