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George Rooke

1650 - 1709

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, he conveyed Prince William of Orange to England and took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland. As a flag officer, Rooke commanded a division of the Royal Navy during their defeat at the Battle of Beachy Head. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Rooke is the 1,450th most popular military personnel (down from 1,009th in 2019), the 2,815th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,715th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Rooke ranks 1,450 out of 2,058. Before him are Meleager, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Walter Bedell Smith, Constantine Angelos, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and Dan Shomron. After him are Tettius Julianus, Niels Juel, Søren Kam, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Friedrich von Ingenohl, and Józef Chłopicki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1650, George Rooke ranks 19. Before him are Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Anthim the Iberian, Nell Gwyn, Christoph Arnold, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, and Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild. After him are Giovanni Battista Bassani, Nicola Saggio, and Fatima Soltan. Among people deceased in 1709, George Rooke ranks 17. Before him are Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Jean-François Regnard, Abraham a Sancta Clara, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, and Alvise II Mocenigo. After him are Thomas Corneille, Dimitry of Rostov, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Nicola Saggio, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, and Edward Lhuyd.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Rooke ranks 2,816 out of 8,785. Before him are Vanessa Angel (1966), John Cockerill (1790), Alexander Albon (1996), Gilbert Walker (1868), Bobby Sands (1954), and William Turner (1510). After him are Toby Jones (1966), Siân Phillips (1933), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), John Robison (1739), Steven Wilson (1967), and James Glaisher (1809).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, George Rooke ranks 68. Before him are Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), Edward Vernon (1684), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), John Paul Jones (1747), Henry Tandey (1891), and Patrick Gordon (1635). After him are John Alcock (1892), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Max Horton (1883), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), Ronald Speirs (1920), and Douglas Bader (1910).

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