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    Admiral James Vashon (9 August 1742 – 20 October 1827) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American...
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    Vashon (/ˈvæʃɒn/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or...
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  • Wing Commander Vashon James "PK" Wheeler, MC & Bar, DFC & Bar (16 September 1898 – 23 March 1944) was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served...
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  • Vashon may refer to: Vashon Island, an island in Puget Sound. Vashon Municipal Airport on Vashon Island. Vashon High School, a high school in St. Louis...
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    Correspondence of Napoleon I, Vol. I, No. 2, p. 12 Clowes, p. 209 James, p. 80 Tracy, p. 44 Tracy, p. 42 James, p. 78 Mostert, p. 116 Tracy, p. 29 Clowes, p. 210 Table...
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  • Blankett; Gibraltar and Mediterranean 1783: HMS Europa, 50, Captain James Vashon, flying the broad pennant of Commodore Alan Gardner; service in Jamaica...
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    the flags of Vice-Admiral Richard Rodney Bligh and then Rear-Admiral James Vashon under whom she later transferred to Great Yarmouth. In March 1806, she...
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    The painter Samuel Scott (1702–1772) moved to Ludlow in 1765. Admiral James Vashon (1742–1827) lived in Ludlow, on Broad Street, following his distinguished...
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    Baron Collingwood Admiral Sir James Stirling Sir Sidney Smith Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Sir James Vashon George Vancouver William Bligh...
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    station opened on 6 December 1853 and closed on 9 June 1958. Admiral James Vashon (1742 – 1827) was born here.[citation needed] In 2015 metal detectorists...
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    the exchange of prisoners, who were conveyed by HMS Alert under Captain Vashon. The two officers had much mutual respect. Rodney's task was to intercept...
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    out of dock for rigging and fitting. Her first commander was Captain James Vashon. After cruising for some time in the Channel he proceeded off Cádiz and...
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    brig – Commander Henry Cromwell Alert, 14 guns, cutter – Commander James Vashon Leith, 20 guns, armed ship – Commander Peter Rothe Busy, 14 guns, cutter...
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    Quimper Peninsula Roche Harbor Touchet Touchet River Vashon Vashon Island named after James Vashon, an officer in the Royal Navy of Huguenot descent Bayard...
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    on 28 February 1799. Command of the ship formally passed to Captain James Vashon on 5 March 1799. The first half of 1799 was spent with the Channel Fleet...
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  • James PLIHAL". World Rowing. Retrieved 2024-01-07. Cal, Pat (2023-11-08). "Vashon rower brings home silver and gold medals from Pan Am Games". Vashon-Maury...
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    George Boyer Vashon (July 25, 1824 – October 5, 1878) was an African American scholar, poet, lawyer, and abolitionist. George Boyer Vashon was born in...
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    church, within a tomb monument attributed to Francesco Fanelli. Admiral James Vashon is also buried at St Laurence's. The ashes of poet A. E. Housman, whose...
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    Colnett's command, she then served briefly as flagship for Rear Admiral James Vashon. In 1804 Glatton was reduced to a 44-gun fifth rate. On 11 November she...
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    mother and eight siblings went to live with his mother’s uncle, Admiral James Vashon, in Ludlow, Shropshire. He was educated at King Edward VI’s Grammar School...
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    aboard the 64-gun HMS Ardent, which was then under the command of Captain James Vashon. He was next aboard the 50-gun HMS Trusty, the flagship of Rear Admiral...
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    and not the anglicised form. From August 1795 she was under Captain James Vashon, and she was later one of the ships involved in the Spithead mutiny in...
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    1808. She was then recommissioned to serve as flagship to Vice-Admiral James Vashon; after serving in the Baltic she was briefly fitted out as a troopship...
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    London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 303–331. Laughton, John Knox (1900). "Wishart, James" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 62. London:...
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  • wife Sarah (née Vashon). Ballard began his Royal Navy career as captain's servant to his uncle, Captain (later Admiral) James Vashon on Expedition in...
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    previous ice ages, the most recent Vashon phase has left the clearest imprint on the land. At its maximum extent the Vashon ice sheet extended south of Olympia...
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  • Valdés y Flores Vancouver Island Canada George Vancouver Vashon Island United States James Vashon Vendovi Island United States Ro Veidovi Victoria Island...
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    1795 in the ship of the line HMS Pompee, commanded by his uncle Captain James Vashon. In the proceeding years he served in frigates commanded by Captain Arthur...
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    and May. After these engagements Martin was transferred to Hart, under James Vashon until 15 July 1780, before being appointed as lieutenant aboard the 74-gun...
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    Ratzenberger lived in London for 10 years. Since 1994, he has lived in Vashon, Washington. Ratzenberger married Georgia Stiny in 1984; during their 20-year...
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