Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB (bap. 13 February 1718 – 24 May 1792), was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands... 53 KB (6,219 words) - 02:33, 22 April 2024 |
Great Britain. It was created in 1782 for the naval commander Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baronet. He had previously been created a Baronet, of Alresford... 3 KB (403 words) - 03:29, 18 April 2022 |
Rodney. Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name in the 18th century, originally in honour of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.... 7 KB (898 words) - 23:31, 30 January 2024 |
November 1769 after Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney. Auckland Council has governed the area since 1 November 2010. The Rodney ward of the Auckland Region... 4 KB (291 words) - 08:00, 13 April 2024 |
General George Brydges Rodney, CB (c.1821 – 8 July 1895) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Rodney was commissioned... 3 KB (252 words) - 02:41, 1 May 2024 |
and the King George V class, ordered in 1936. The ships were named after famous British admirals: George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, victor of the... 30 KB (3,878 words) - 22:32, 6 April 2024 |
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1719–1792) was a British naval officer. George Rodney may also refer to: George B. Rodney (1803–1883), American... 749 bytes (135 words) - 00:07, 22 July 2023 |
was built in 1781–82 to commemorate the naval victories of Sir George Brydges Rodney, Admiral of the White during the American War of Independence. The... 4 KB (309 words) - 08:52, 15 June 2022 |
George Rodney Brydges or Bridges (after 1649 – 1714), of Avington, Hampshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House... 6 KB (503 words) - 15:25, 27 February 2024 |
Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710) May 24 – George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer (b. 1718) June 4 – John Burgoyne... 25 KB (2,791 words) - 13:18, 1 May 2024 |
George Brydges may refer to: George Rodney Brydges (died 1714), MP for Winchester and Haslemere George William Brydges (1678–1751), MP for Winchester and... 412 bytes (84 words) - 19:15, 9 July 2023 |
1783–1784 by William Roscoe and others. It was named after George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, who, in 1782, secured a naval victory over the Comte de... 7 KB (702 words) - 20:42, 4 May 2023 |
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War of 1780–1784. Notably, the British Admiral George Brydges Rodney, having occupied the island for Great Britain in 1781, urged the... 63 KB (6,466 words) - 14:33, 1 April 2024 |
George Brydges Harley Dennett Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney (28 February 1857 - 29 December 1909) was a British Army officer notable for his service in the... 5 KB (601 words) - 21:59, 3 June 2022 |
Robert F. McGowan starring Hoot Gibson based on the novel by Colonel George Brydges Rodney. Produced for Walter Futter's Diversion Pictures, it was rereleased... 3 KB (214 words) - 03:56, 14 December 2023 |
Newfoundland HMS Rodney, six ships of the British Royal Navy named after Admiral George Brydges Rodney All pages with titles beginning with Rodney This disambiguation... 1 KB (182 words) - 17:52, 21 February 2024 |
his wife buying him a place. The former Countess and George Rodney Brydges had one son George Brydges (1678-1751) also an MP, who died childless. The former... 7 KB (827 words) - 22:32, 7 April 2024 |
daughter, Mary, married Henry Rodney, and was the mother of George Brydges Rodney, later raised to the peerage as Baron Rodney. The other daughter, Catherine... 3 KB (275 words) - 04:14, 13 April 2024 |
Admiral-class battlecruiser (redirect from HMS Rodney (1916)) counter these. The class was to have consisted of HMS Hood, Anson, Howe, and Rodney — all names of famous admirals — but the other three ships were suspended... 38 KB (5,452 words) - 14:41, 2 February 2024 |
George Brydges Rodney (April 2, 1803 – June 18, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a... 7 KB (302 words) - 22:06, 2 August 2023 |
Cape Rodney (opposite Little Barrier Island), which Captain James Cook named on 24 November 1769 after Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney. Rodney includes... 3 KB (223 words) - 20:22, 13 January 2024 |
of Ceylon (1806–1833). John Rodney was born on 10 May 1765 the third son of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney and the eldest son to his second... 6 KB (660 words) - 01:46, 29 November 2023 |
a brick building dating from the 1750s. The naval hero George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, is buried in the church. His family seat, Old Alresford... 3 KB (282 words) - 17:02, 27 April 2023 |
voted for Hugh Percy and Thomas Pelham-Clinton in 1774, and for George Brydges Rodney and Charles James Fox in 1780. He is the first person of African... 35 KB (3,807 words) - 21:28, 18 April 2024 |
and fort on Barbados was destroyed. According to British Admiral George Brydges Rodney, the winds carried their heavy cannons aloft 100 feet (30 m). The... 20 KB (2,213 words) - 02:41, 11 April 2024 |