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Commander of Fleet

England · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1547–1665Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1547

Edward Clinton Lincoln, 1st1547

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the English Fleet

Edward Clinton Lincoln, 1st1547

Boulogne-sur-Mer · Warfare / Military

Appointed Governor of Boulogne-sur-Mer

1649

Robert Blake1649

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Fleet

1665

Rupert of the RhineMay 1665

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed to senior naval command during the war with the Dutch Republic.

Names involved

Edward Clinton Lincoln, 1stRobert BlakeRupert of the Rhine

Provenance

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