Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War .

2020年12月28日 · ROOKE, Sir GEORGE (1650–1709), admiral of the fleet, born in 1650, was second son of Sir William Rooke (1624–1691) of St. Laurence, Canterbury, sheriff of Kent (1685–1688), and nephew of Lawrence Rooke [q. v.] He is said to have served as a volunteer through the second Dutch war.

2018年6月8日 · One of the most successful naval commanders of his day, promoted admiral in 1690, Rooke was unusual among his naval contemporaries in being a Tory and was linked, through two of his three marriages, with the prominent Tory earl of Nottingham, William III's secretary of state (north) and de facto navy minister 1689–94.

2022年6月17日 · Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval commander. He is known for his service in the wars against France and particularly remembered today for his victory at Vigo Bay and for capturing Gibraltar for the British in 1704.

Admiral Rooke was the most distinguished naval commander of his day. His career began at the battle of Sole Bay, (1672), and his most considerable victories include the destruction of the French fleet at La Hogue, (1692), the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet at Vigo Bay, (1702), and above all the capture of Gibraltar in (1704).

Admiral Sir George Rooke, c. 1650-1709 A three-quarter-length portrait to the right of Admiral Sir George Rooke, Admiral of the Fleet. He wears a gold-braided red cloth coat with wide sleeves, grey-brown full-bottomed wig and a white neck-cloth.

Sir George Rooke, in whom the ardent thirst of glory prevailed to the relinquishment of that domestic ease and plenty, which by birth he was heir to, was the son of Sir William Rooke, the descendant of an ancient and honourable family in the county of Kent, and born in the year 1650.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval commander. He is known for his service in the wars against France and particularly remembered today for his victory at Vigo Bay and for capturing Gibraltar for England in 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession. Sir George Rooke by Michael Dahl.

2024年11月16日 · Commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, 1695-1696; in the Channel, 1696-1697. Commander of Anglo-Dutch Cadiz expedition. Destroyed French fleet at Vigo. Captured Gibraltar, 1704. 1695 Oct 08:...

Sir George Rooke, ADMIRAL, Was the eldest son of Sir William Rooke, of the Priory of St. Lawrence, Canterbury, where he was born in 1650, After entering the navy, his first services were on the coast of Ireland, where he prevented the intercourse of James II. with Scotland.