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The Stranger's Guide to Hampton-Court Palace and Gardens. by J. Grundy
The Stranger's Guide to HamptonCourt Palace and Gardens by J Grundy Author:John Grundy Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 779 King William III. 9 Admiral Sir Thomas Dilkes, by Bookman. 10 Admiral Churchill,f by Bookman. 18 Admiral Sir Stafford Fairbourne,! by Bookman. 872 L... more »ord Hutchinson,§ by T. Phillips,R.A. engagement. The prize was mounted with forty guns, and laden with a cargo to the value of £313,000. In 1748, he was appointed admiral of the blue, and commanded the squadron, which conveyed the king, George II., to and from the continent. Od the accession of George III. he was appointed admiral and commander-in,chief of his Majesty's fleets. He was celebrated for his naval victories and his voyage round the world; his professional characteristics were those of discretion, coolness, and steadiness. He died suddenly, June 6th, 1762, aged 65. Admiral Sir Thomas Dilkes, an enterprising officer, who, in 1703, with a small squadron, attacked in Cancale Bay a fleet of French merchantmen with their convoy, consisting of forty-three trading vessels, and three men of war. This fleet being in shore, and in shallow water, he detached two frigates and two fire-ships from his squadron ; and, manning all the boats, he gallantly, in person, led his men to the attack, and completed his triumph in two successive engagements, when he captured and destroyed three of the ships of war, and the whole fleet, excepting four vessels. The next year Admiral Dilkes, with a small squadron, captured three out of a fleet of large armed Spanish galleons. In 1705 he assisted Sir John Leake in taking and destroying at Cabretta Point a whole detachment of the French fleet, composed of five ships of the line. He died at Leghorn, in the year 1707. f Admiral G. Churchill, brother of the great Duke of Marlborough, entered the navy at an early period of life, and commanded a second-rate ship at the battle of La Hogue...« less