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Boscawen, Edward
Boscawen, Edward (1711–61). Boscawen was a younger son of Viscount Falmouth. He went to sea at 14 and was given his first command in 1741. Wounded in the action off Cape Finisterre in 1747, he was promoted admiral—the youngest in the navy—and sent in charge of an expedition to India. From 1742 until his death he was MP for Truro, and from 1751 a lord of the Admiralty. In 1758 he commanded the naval force sent to take Louisbourg, and the following year was dispatched to the Mediterranean to prevent a French squadron at Toulon joining a Channel invasion fleet. In August he pursued the squadron of seven ships under de la Clue into Lagos Bay in Portugal and destroyed it. Boscawen was a determined and pugnacious sailor and, though a stern disciplinarian, was noted for the attention he paid to the health of his men.
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JOHN CANNON. "Boscawen, Edward." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Boscawen, Edward." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BoscawenEdward.html JOHN CANNON. "Boscawen, Edward." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BoscawenEdward.html |
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Boscawen, Edward
Boscawen, Edward (1711–61) British admiral, known as ‘Old Dreadnought’. He served in the West Indies during the War of JENKINS'S EAR and the War of the AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, and was in charge of naval operations at the siege of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in 1758, where his success opened the way for the conquest of Canada. His most famous exploit was the destruction of the French Mediterranean fleet off the Portuguese coast at Lagos in 1759, which helped to establish British naval supremacy in the SEVEN YEARS WAR.
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"Boscawen, Edward." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Boscawen, Edward." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-BoscawenEdward.html "Boscawen, Edward." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-BoscawenEdward.html |
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Boscawen, Edward
Boscawen, Edward (1711–61) British admiral and naval hero, popular for the taking of Porto Bello (1739) and the siege of Cartagena (1741). In the French and Indian War (1754–63), Boscawen intercepted a French squadron near Newfoundland, capturing two ships and 1,500 men (1755). Made admiral in 1758, “Old Dreadnought” helped Gen. Jeffrey Amherst besiege and capture the French fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island (1758).
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"Boscawen, Edward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Boscawen, Edward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-BoscawenEdward.html "Boscawen, Edward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-BoscawenEdward.html |
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"Edward Boscawen." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Edward Boscawen." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Boscawen.html "Edward Boscawen." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Boscawen.html |
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